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Framework and command-line tool for interacting with SourceKit. Version 0.38.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with macports: sudo port install SourceKitten.
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Package summary
Framework and command-line tool for interacting with SourceKit
Project links
Commands and aliases
- sourcekitten
history
Project history and usage
SourceKitten is a Swift framework and command-line tool for interacting with Apple's SourceKit service, exposing source structure, syntax, completion, indexing, module information, and documentation extraction as JSON-friendly CLI subcommands.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in August 2014. The README describes SourceKitten as a framework and CLI that links to `sourcekitd.framework` to parse Swift ASTs, extract comment docs for Swift or Objective-C projects, get Swift syntax data, and issue raw SourceKit requests.
The changelog shows continuous tracking of Swift and Xcode evolution: Swift 3-era API changes, Swift 4 and Swift 5 requirements, SwiftPM and Xcode documentation support, Bazel support, and syntax/declaration kind updates through Swift 6.
Adoption history
The README lists many projects built with SourceKitten, including SwiftLint, Jazzy, Sourcery, SourceKittenDaemon, SourceDocs, Cuckoo, IBAnalyzer, and Taylor. That list makes SourceKitten infrastructure for a broad slice of Swift developer tooling.
How it is used
The `sourcekitten` CLI provides subcommands including `complete`, `doc`, `format`, `index`, `module-info`, `request`, `structure`, `syntax`, and `version`. It can be installed with Homebrew, Swift Package Manager, Bazel, Make, or a release package.
Why package nerds care
Package nerds care because SourceKitten turns a platform-private compiler service into a packageable Unix-style CLI and library. It is the substrate behind linters, documentation generators, mock generators, editor completion bridges, and other Swift ecosystem tools.
Timeline
- 2014: SourceKitten repository created.
- 2015: 0.3.0-era public releases were being published.
- 2016: 0.15.0 adapted APIs for Swift 3 and Xcode 8.
- 2019: 0.30.0 required Swift 5.1 or higher.
- 2022: 0.33.0 added Bazel build support and Xcode 14 documentation support.
- 2025: 0.37.0 added Swift 6 compiler and syntax/declaration support.
- 2026: 0.37.3 continued dependency maintenance.
Related projects
- SwiftLint, Jazzy, Sourcery, SourceDocs, Cuckoo, IBAnalyzer, Taylor, and SourceKittenDaemon are listed by the README as projects built with SourceKitten.
- SourceKit and `sourcekitd.framework` are the Apple tooling components SourceKitten communicates with.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
sourcekitten | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.38.0
manager updated2026-07-26
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:sourcekitten |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.38.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/jpsim/SourceKitten |
| Repository | https://github.com/jpsim/SourceKitten |
| Last updated | 2026-07-26T22:32:47Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
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MacPorts95%
SourceKitten
sudo port install SourceKitten- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Sourcekitten
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation