# Install pdm with Homebrew, Nix, apt

Modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP standards. Version 2.28.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-11. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install python3-pdm.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pdm
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pdm
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pdm
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install python3-pdm
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: python3-pdm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pdm
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.28.0
- **Source summary:** Modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP standards
- **Homepage:** <https://pdm-project.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pdm-project/pdm>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-11T15:23:35+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pdm (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.28.0

## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal


## 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

- Linux: <PROJECT_ROOT>/pdm.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pdm/config.toml, ~/.config/pdm/config.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/pdm/config.toml, /etc/xdg/pdm/config.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pdm/global-project/pdm.toml
- macOS: <PROJECT_ROOT>/pdm.toml, ~/Library/Application Support/pdm/config.toml, /Library/Application Support/pdm/config.toml, ~/Library/Application Support/pdm/global-project/pdm.toml
- Windows: <PROJECT_ROOT>\pdm.toml, %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\pdm\pdm\config.toml, %ProgramData%\pdm\pdm\config.toml, %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\pdm\pdm\global-project\pdm.toml

## Credential files

- Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pdm/config.toml, ~/.config/pdm/config.toml
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/pdm/config.toml
- Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\pdm\pdm\config.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - python3-pdm - 2.20.1+ds1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-pdm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | next generation Python package management tool | https://github.com/pdm-project/pdm
- Nix - pdm: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pd/pdm/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/pdm.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pdm.yml)


## Sources

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