# counterfeiter mit Homebrew installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für counterfeiter in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:counterfeiter
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install counterfeiter
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:counterfeiter
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 6.12.2
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Tool for generating self-contained, type-safe test doubles in go
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-25T14:20:51-04:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- counterfeiter (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 6.12.2
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

counterfeiter is a Go code generator for creating self-contained, type-safe test doubles from interfaces.

### Projektgeschichte

The public repository was created in 2014. Its README frames the project around a Go-specific testing problem: fake implementations are useful for unit tests but cannot be generated automatically at runtime in Go.

The project has continued through a v6 release line, with current documentation using Go modules and Go tool dependencies.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

counterfeiter's documented workflow follows Go ecosystem conventions: add it as a tool dependency, place `go:generate` or `counterfeiter:generate` directives near interfaces, and regenerate fakes with `go generate`.

The README notes that the project has largely been maintained by the community, which fits its role as a small but durable testing utility rather than a framework-owned generator.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Typical use is to generate fakes for interfaces in the same module or for third-party interfaces, then import the generated `foofakes` package in tests to inspect call counts, arguments, and stubbed return values.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package maintainers, counterfeiter is a good example of a Go CLI whose preferred installation changed with Go tooling: Homebrew can ship a binary, but the upstream docs now prefer module-pinned tool dependencies for reproducible generation.

### Zeitleiste

- 2014: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2024: v6.8.x through v6.11.x releases published.
- 2026: v6.12.2 release published.

### Related projects

- go generate
- Go modules
- Go tool dependencies

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter>
- <https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter/releases>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/counterfeiter.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/counterfeiter.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph