# Install pyright with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Static type checker for Python. Version 1.1.411 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#pyright.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pyright
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pyright
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install pyright
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pyright
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S pyright
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: pyright from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pyright
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.411
- **Source summary:** Static type checker for Python
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/microsoft/pyright>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-26T06:34:31Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pyright (alias)
- pyright-langserver (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1.411

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool 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

- Unix: pyrightconfig.json, pyproject.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - pyright: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/py/pyright/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - pyright - 1.1.411-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: pyright from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Type checker for the Python language | https://microsoft.github.io/pyright
- MacPorts - pyright: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/pyright/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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