# Install pmd with Homebrew, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix

Source code analyzer for Java, JavaScript, and more. Version 7.26.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-29. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#pmd.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pmd
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pmd
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install pmd
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: java/pmd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pmd
```

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

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install pmd
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: pmd from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','pester'

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pmd
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 7.26.0
- **Source summary:** Source code analyzer for Java, JavaScript, and more
- **Homepage:** <https://pmd.github.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pmd/pmd>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-29T11:30:12Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pmd (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 7.26.0

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - pmd: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pm/pmd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - pmd: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: java/pmd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - pmd: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: pmd from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','pester'


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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