# Install py-spy with Homebrew, apk, Nix

Sampling profiler for Python programs. Version 0.4.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-24. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#py-spy.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:py-spy
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install py-spy
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add py-spy
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py-spy from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#py-spy
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:py-spy
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.4.2
- **Source summary:** Sampling profiler for Python programs
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/benfred/py-spy>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/benfred/py-spy>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-24T12:58:58+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- py-spy (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.4.2

## 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 - py-spy: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/py/py-spy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - py-spy - 0.3.14-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py-spy from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Sampling profiler for Python programs | https://github.com/benfred/py-spy
- apk - py-spy-bash-completion - 0.3.14-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py-spy-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for py-spy | https://github.com/benfred/py-spy
- apk - py-spy-doc - 0.3.14-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py-spy-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Sampling profiler for Python programs (documentation) | https://github.com/benfred/py-spy
- apk - py-spy-fish-completion - 0.3.14-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py-spy-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for py-spy | https://github.com/benfred/py-spy
- apk - py-spy-zsh-completion - 0.3.14-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py-spy-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for py-spy | https://github.com/benfred/py-spy


## Related links

- [py-spy](https://pkg.so/pkg/cargo/py-spy/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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