# Install saxon with Homebrew, MacPorts

XSLT and XQuery processor. Version 13.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14. Also installable with macports: sudo port install saxon.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:saxon
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install saxon
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install saxon
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:saxon
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 13.0
- **Source summary:** XSLT and XQuery processor
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Saxonica/Saxon-HE>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Saxonica/Saxon-HE>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-14T15:13:49+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- gizmo (alias)
- saxon (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 13.0

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - saxon: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/saxon/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/saxon.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/saxon.yml)


## Sources

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