# Install sloccount with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, pacman, zypper

Count lines of code in many languages. Version 2.26 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-12. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install sloccount.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sloccount
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sloccount
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install sloccount
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add sloccount
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install sloccount
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: sloccount from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install sloccount
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sloccount from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S sloccount
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install c_count
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sloccount
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.26
- **Source summary:** Count lines of code in many languages
- **Homepage:** <https://dwheeler.com/sloccount/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12T23:29:51+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ada_count (alias)
- asm_count (alias)
- awk_count (alias)
- break_filelist (alias)
- c_count (alias)
- cobol_count (alias)
- compute_all (alias)
- compute_sloc_lang (alias)
- count_extensions (alias)
- count_unknown_ext (alias)
- csh_count (alias)
- erlang_count (alias)
- exp_count (alias)
- f90_count (alias)
- fortran_count (alias)
- generic_count (alias)
- get_sloc (alias)
- get_sloc_details (alias)
- haskell_count (alias)
- java_count (alias)
- jsp_count (alias)
- lex_count (alias)
- lexcount1 (alias)
- lisp_count (alias)
- make_filelists (alias)
- makefile_count (alias)
- ml_count (alias)
- modula3_count (alias)
- objc_count (alias)
- pascal_count (alias)
- perl_count (alias)
- php_count (alias)
- print_sum (alias)
- python_count (alias)
- ruby_count (alias)
- sed_count (alias)
- sh_count (alias)
- show_filecount (alias)
- sloccount (alias)
- sql_count (alias)
- tcl_count (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.26

## Security Notes

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

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - sloccount - 2.26+ds-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sloccount from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | programs for counting physical source lines of code (SLOC) | https://www.dwheeler.com/sloccount/
- Ubuntu apt - sloccount - 2.26-5.2build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sloccount from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | programs for counting physical source lines of code (SLOC) | http://www.dwheeler.com/sloccount/
- apk - sloccount - 2.26-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sloccount from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Tool for counting physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) | https://dwheeler.com/sloccount
- apk - sloccount-doc - 2.26-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sloccount-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Tool for counting physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) (documentation) | https://dwheeler.com/sloccount
- dnf - sloccount - 2.26-45.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sloccount from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Measures source lines of code (SLOC) in programs | https://sourceforge.net/projects/sloccount/
- pacman - sloccount - 2.26-11: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: sloccount from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Tools for counting physical source lines of code | https://www.dwheeler.com/sloccount/
- MacPorts - sloccount: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/sloccount/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - c_count: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/c_count/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - c_count - 7.25-1.5: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: c_count from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Source Code Measure Counter for C/C++/Java | https://invisible-island.net/c_count/


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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