# Install gocloc with Homebrew

Little fast LoC counter. Version 0.7.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gocloc
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gocloc
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:gocloc
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.7.0
- **Source summary:** Little fast LoC counter
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/hhatto/gocloc>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/hhatto/gocloc>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T20:55:24-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- gocloc (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.7.0
## Project history and usage

gocloc is a Go implementation of a source-code line counter, inspired by cloc and tokei. It reports file, blank, comment, and code counts by language, with CLI and container workflows.

### Project history

The public repository was created in April 2016. The README describes the project as a little fast cloc-style counter written in Go and explicitly cites tokei as an inspiration. GitHub release records show the v0.2.1 release in March 2019 and later 0.x releases through the 2020s.

### Adoption history

gocloc is packaged for Homebrew and is also documented for AUR installation in the README. Its packaging profile is typical of developer metrics tools: small binary, no service, useful in local repositories and CI jobs.

### How it is used

Users run gocloc against a directory to print per-language totals, request supported languages with --show-lang, or run it through Docker. The README also documents Jenkins/SLOCCount-oriented output workflows, making it useful both at the terminal and in reporting pipelines.

### Why package nerds care

The package is interesting as part of the lineage from cloc to newer compiled counters such as tokei and gocloc. For package managers, it is a low-friction developer-tool formula: install one executable and use it across repositories without managing a Perl or Rust toolchain at runtime.

### Timeline

- 2016-04-01: Public GitHub repository created
- 2019-03-02: v0.2.1 release published
- 2021-02-19: v0.4.0 release published
- 2023-05-06: v0.5.0 release published
- 2025-03-24: v0.7.0 release published

### Related projects

- cloc is the predecessor-style tool named in the README.
- tokei is explicitly cited by gocloc as an inspiration.
- SLOCCount appears in the README's Jenkins integration workflow.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/hhatto/gocloc>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/hhatto/gocloc/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gocloc>
- <https://github.com/hhatto/gocloc>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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