macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install flint-checkerlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install flintMacPorts ports tree · math/flint/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 9910
Install flint-checker with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, apt, zypper
Check your project for common sources of contributor friction. Version 0.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with macports: sudo port install flint.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add flintAlpine Linux edge package indexes · flint · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install flintFedora Rawhide package metadata · flint · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#flintnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fl/flint/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S flintArch Linux sync databases · flint · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libflint-devDebian stable package indexes · libflint-dev · source: deb.debian.org
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install flint-developenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · flint-devel · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Check your project for common sources of contributor friction
Project links
Commands and aliases
- flint
history
Project history and usage
Flint is a small Go command-line checker for common sources of contributor friction in software projects. It checks for project affordances such as a README, contribution guide, license, bootstrap script, and test script.
Project history
The README describes Flint as a tool for helping potential contributors answer basic questions about a project: what it does, how it is licensed, how to contribute, how to set up development, and how to run tests.
The project was maintained by Wynn Netherland and carries a 2014 copyright notice. Its GitHub release metadata shows v0.0.3 in January 2014 and v0.0.4 in December 2014.
Adoption history
Flint's official README documents installation through Go, prebuilt GitHub release binaries, and Homebrew as flint-checker. The supplied package metadata also records packaging in Homebrew.
The tool reflects the GitHub-era convention that repository quality is partly social: a project should include contribution, license, bootstrap, and test-running paths that new contributors can discover quickly.
How it is used
Users run flint from a project root to get warnings and errors about missing contributor-facing files. It can also check a remote GitHub repository by owner/name without cloning.
Command-line options let users skip individual checks and provide a GitHub API token through FLINT_TOKEN when checking remote repositories.
Why package nerds care
Flint is package-nerd relevant as a tiny lint tool for repository metadata rather than source code. It turns informal open-source hygiene expectations into a CLI that package maintainers and project owners could run locally.
Its Homebrew formula name, flint-checker, also matters because the plain flint package name collides with other software in distro ecosystems.
Timeline
- 2014: Project copyright notice appears in the README.
- 2014: v0.0.3 was published in January.
- 2014: v0.0.4 was published in December.
- 2014: README documented Go, prebuilt binary, and Homebrew installation paths.
Related projects
- The README cites GitHub contributor-guideline behavior, Choose a License, and readme-driven development as part of its philosophy.
- Flint is conceptually related to repository linting and project-health checkers rather than language-specific code linters.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
flint | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.1.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:flint-checker |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/pengwynn/flint |
| Repository | https://github.com/pengwynn/flint |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
MacPorts94%
flint
sudo port install flint- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
Debian apt92%
libflint-dev 3.1.3-2
C library for number theory, development files
sudo apt install libflint-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: flint
- 2 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
Debian apt92%
libflint-doc 3.1.3-2
Documentation for the FLINT library
sudo apt install libflint-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: flint
- 1 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
Debian apt92%
libflint19 3.1.3-2
C library for number theory, shared library
sudo apt install libflint19- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: flint
- 3 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
Nix92%
flint
nix profile install nixpkgs#flint- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
Ubuntu apt92%
libflint-dev 3.0.1-3.1build1
C library for number theory, development files
sudo apt install libflint-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: flint
- 2 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
Ubuntu apt92%
libflint-doc 3.0.1-3.1build1
Documentation for the FLINT library
sudo apt install libflint-doc- Section: universe/doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: flint
- 1 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
Ubuntu apt92%
libflint18t64 3.0.1-3.1build1
C library for number theory, shared library
sudo apt install libflint18t64- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: flint
- 3 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
apk92%
flint 3.4.0-r1
C library in support of computations in number theory
sudo apk add flint- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: flint
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
apk92%
flint-dev 3.4.0-r1
C library in support of computations in number theory (development files)
sudo apk add flint-dev- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: flint
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
dnf92%
flint 3.5.0-2.fc45
Fast Library for Number Theory
sudo dnf install flint- License: LGPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND (LGPL-3.0-or-later OR GPL-2.0-or-later) AND BSD-2-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: flint
- 7 dependencies
- 6 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
dnf92%
flint-devel 3.5.0-2.fc45
Development files for FLINT
sudo dnf install flint-devel- License: LGPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND (LGPL-3.0-or-later OR GPL-2.0-or-later) AND BSD-2-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: flint
- 4 dependencies
- 4 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
pacman92%
flint 3.6.0-1
A C library for doing number theory
sudo pacman -S flint- License: LGPL-3.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- 4 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
zypper92%
flint-devel 3.6.0-1.2
Development files for flint
sudo zypper install flint-devel- License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: flint
- 6 dependencies
- 2 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
zypper92%
libflint24 3.6.0-1.2
C library for doing number theory
sudo zypper install libflint24- License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: flint
- 6 dependencies
- 2 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Flint
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation