# Install cmake-lint with Homebrew, Nix

Static code checker for CMake files. Version 1.4.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cmake-lint.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cmake-lint
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cmake-lint
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#cmake-lint
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cm/cmake-lint/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cmake-lint
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.4.3
- **Source summary:** Static code checker for CMake files
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/cmake-lint/cmake-lint>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cmakelint (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.4.3
## Project history and usage

cmake-lint is a Python static style checker for CMake files. Its README describes a cmakelint command that parses CMake files, reports style issues, supports filters, and can be used directly or through pre-commit.

### Project history

The current GitHub repository describes itself as a fork of richq/cmake-lint created to continue maintenance. The bundled changelog records that version 1.2 moved to GitHub and version 1.2.01 was published on PyPI; the GitHub API reports the current maintenance repository was created in June 2019.

### Adoption history

The project is distributed as the cmakelint Python package and the README gives pip installation instructions. The batch input lists Homebrew and Nix packages, and the README includes a pre-commit hook configuration, which makes it easy to adopt in project-level lint workflows.

### How it is used

Users run cmakelint with one or more CMake files and optional --config or --filter arguments. The README documents .cmakelintrc lookup in the working directory, XDG-style config paths, and the home directory, plus inline lint_cmake pragmas for per-file filter overrides.

### Why package nerds care

cmake-lint matters as a small, packageable CMake hygiene tool: it gives package maintainers and CI pipelines a lightweight way to enforce CMake style without pulling in a full build-system rewrite or editor integration.

### Timeline

- 2012: changelog records version 1.2 moving to GitHub and 1.2.01 being published on PyPI.
- 2019: current maintenance fork repository is created.
- 2024: version 1.4.3 adds Python 3.12 support and is published as the latest GitHub release checked.

### Related projects

- cmake-lint is related to CMake, pre-commit, and other CMake formatting or editor tools such as cmake-format and cmake-language-server, but it remains focused on static lint checks.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/cmake-lint/cmake-lint#readme>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmake-lint/cmake-lint/master/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/cmake-lint/cmake-lint>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/cmake-lint/cmake-lint/releases>
- <https://pypi.org/pypi/cmakelint/json>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: $PWD/.cmakelintrc, ~/.config/cmakelintrc, $XDG_CONFIG_DIR/cmakelintrc, ~/.cmakelintrc
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cmake-lint: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cm/cmake-lint/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph