# Install srgn with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman Code surgeon for precise text and code transplantation. Version 0.14.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#srgn. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:srgn ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install srgn ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install srgn ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/srgn/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#srgn ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sr/srgn/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S srgn ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: srgn from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:srgn - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.14.2 - **Source summary:** Code surgeon for precise text and code transplantation - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - srgn (cli) - srgn (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 0.14.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/alexpovel/srgn - Upstream latest detected: srgn-v0.14.2 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage srgn is a Rust command-line search and transformation tool that combines regular-expression scopes with optional syntax-aware scopes based on programming-language grammars. Its author characterizes it as a mix of `tr`, `sed`, `ripgrep`, and tree-sitter. ### Project history The public repository was created in 2023 and released v0.1.0 that October. The README records that its earliest core was a Rust rewrite of a tool devoted to German character substitutions; it then expanded into a general code-aware search and transformation utility. ### Adoption history The official installation guide documents release binaries, cargo-binstall, Homebrew, Nix and a repository flake, MacPorts, and compilation through Cargo. The package metadata additionally records a Pacman package, giving srgn unusually broad distribution for a focused refactoring CLI. ### How it is used srgn can search or transform stdin and files with regular expressions, then narrow operations to syntax-aware language scopes. Actions include replacement, case conversion, deletion, squeezing, and language-specific transformations, and shell completions are built into the CLI. ### Why package nerds care srgn sits between traditional Unix text filters and IDE refactoring: it preserves a composable command-line interface while using parsers to select structural code regions. Its prebuilt binaries and presence across Cargo, Homebrew, Nix, MacPorts, and Pacman make it especially accessible to polyglot CLI users. ### Timeline - 2023: Official repository created. - 2023: v0.1.0 published. - 2025: v0.14.0 changed replacement syntax to reduce accidental destructive use. - 2026: v0.14.2 published. ### Related projects - The README positions srgn alongside tr, sed, ripgrep, and tree-sitter while distinguishing its combination of regex actions and grammar-aware scopes. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** srgn - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - srgn: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sr/srgn/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - srgn - 0.14.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: srgn from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A code surgeon for precise text and code transplantation | https://github.com/alexpovel/srgn - MacPorts - srgn: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/srgn/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [rust](https://pkg.so/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [sd](https://pkg.so/brew/sd/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, regex, rust, text-processing. - [comby](https://pkg.so/brew/comby/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, code-transformation, developer-tools, refactoring. - [ripgrep](https://pkg.so/brew/ripgrep/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, regex, rust. - [gnu-sed](https://pkg.so/brew/gnu-sed/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, regex, text-processing. - [grex](https://pkg.so/brew/grex/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, regex, rust. - [choose-rust](https://pkg.so/brew/choose-rust/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust, text-processing. - [sad](https://pkg.so/brew/sad/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, regex, rust, text-processing. - [darklua](https://pkg.so/brew/darklua/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, code-transformation, developer-tools. - [chars](https://pkg.so/brew/chars/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, processing, rust. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/srgn.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/srgn.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph