# Install eslint_d with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

Speed up eslint to accelerate your development workflow. Version 15.0.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-01. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#eslint_d.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:eslint_d
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install eslint_d
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#eslint_d
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S eslint_d
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: eslint_d from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:eslint_d
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 15.0.3
- **Source summary:** Speed up eslint to accelerate your development workflow
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mantoni/eslint_d.js>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T15:07:12Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- eslint_d (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 15.0.3
## Project history and usage

eslint_d is a daemonized wrapper around ESLint that keeps an ESLint server process alive so repeated lint runs from editors and shells avoid much of Node.js startup and module-loading cost.

### Project history

The npm package was first published in 2015, shortly after ESLint 1.0.0, and its upstream README still presents it as a workflow accelerator rather than a replacement linter. It supports multiple ESLint generations and forwards normal ESLint arguments to a background server.

### Adoption history

eslint_d found its niche in editor-driven JavaScript development, especially Vim, Neovim, Emacs, and other environments where a linter may be invoked repeatedly for a single buffer. The README documents integrations for editor linting packages and notes that some editors already cache ESLint themselves.

### How it is used

Users install `eslint_d`, run it as a drop-in `eslint` replacement, and let it start, stop, or restart the daemon automatically. It can use the local project ESLint package, fall back to a bundled ESLint, report daemon status, and provide an extra `--fix-to-stdout` option for editor save hooks.

### Why package nerds care

Its significance is mostly ergonomic: it is a small package-manager-era workaround for the cost of repeatedly starting a large JavaScript toolchain. Package nerds care because it shows how wrapper commands, local dependency resolution, daemon files, and editor integrations can change perceived tool speed without changing the underlying linter.

### Timeline

- 2015: eslint_d first published to npm.
- 2024: v14.2.0 adds documented debug mode.
- 2026: v15.x line supports modern ESLint and Node.js versions.

### Related projects

- eslint_d is directly tied to ESLint and overlaps in use with editor integrations that cache ESLint processes internally.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/mantoni/eslint_d.js>
- <https://www.npmjs.com/package/eslint_d>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/eslint_d>


## Security Notes

formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- formula declares a Homebrew service

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - eslint_d: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/es/eslint_d/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - eslint_d - 15.0.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: eslint_d from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Makes eslint the fastest linter on the planet. | https://github.com/mantoni/eslint_d.js


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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