# Install regal with Homebrew, apk, Nix, zypper

Linter and language server for Rego. Version 0.42.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#regal.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:regal
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install regal
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add regal
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#regal
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install regal
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: regal from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:regal
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.42.0
- **Source summary:** Linter and language server for Rego
- **Homepage:** <https://www.openpolicyagent.org/projects/regal>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/open-policy-agent/regal>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T19:03:00+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- regal (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.42.0

## 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: .regal/config.yaml, .regal.yaml, ~/.config/regal/config.yaml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - regal: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/regal/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - regal - 0.39.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: regal from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Linter for Rego files | https://www.openpolicyagent.org/ecosystem/entry/regal
- apk - regal-bash-completion - 0.39.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: regal-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for regal | https://www.openpolicyagent.org/ecosystem/entry/regal
- apk - regal-fish-completion - 0.39.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: regal-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for regal | https://www.openpolicyagent.org/ecosystem/entry/regal
- apk - regal-zsh-completion - 0.39.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: regal-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for regal | https://www.openpolicyagent.org/ecosystem/entry/regal
- zypper - regal - 0.42.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: regal from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Linter and language server for Rego | https://github.com/open-policy-agent/regal
- zypper - regal-bash-completion - 0.42.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: regal-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for regal | https://github.com/open-policy-agent/regal
- zypper - regal-fish-completion - 0.42.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: regal-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for regal | https://github.com/open-policy-agent/regal
- zypper - regal-zsh-completion - 0.42.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: regal-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for regal | https://github.com/open-policy-agent/regal


## Combined YAML source

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