# Install scorecard with Homebrew, Nix

Security health metrics for Open Source. Version 5.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#scorecard.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:scorecard
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install scorecard
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#scorecard
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:scorecard
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 5.5.0
- **Source summary:** Security health metrics for Open Source
- **Homepage:** <https://scorecard.dev>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ossf/scorecard>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T04:03:37+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- scorecard (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 5.5.0

## 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 - scorecard: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sc/scorecard/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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