# Install spotbugs with Homebrew, zypper, scoop

Tool for Java static analysis (FindBugs's successor). Version 4.10.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-13. Also installable with zypper: sudo zypper install spotbugs.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:spotbugs
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install spotbugs
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install spotbugs
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/spotbugs
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/spotbugs.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:spotbugs
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.10.3
- **Source summary:** Tool for Java static analysis (FindBugs's successor)
- **Homepage:** <https://spotbugs.github.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-13T04:36:23Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- spotbugs (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.10.3
## Project history and usage

SpotBugs is the community continuation of FindBugs, providing Java bytecode static analysis through a standalone tool, CLI, GUI, and build-tool integrations.

### Project history

The official homepage states that SpotBugs is a fork of the now-abandoned FindBugs project and carries on from where it left off with community support. Its GitHub repository was created in 2016, and the official manual copyright line also begins in 2016.

### Adoption history

SpotBugs is used both directly and through Java build ecosystems. The official homepage lists standalone use plus Ant, Maven, Gradle, and Eclipse integrations, while the input records Homebrew and Scoop package-manager entries for installing the command-line distribution.

### How it is used

The manual describes GUI and command-line interfaces. On Unix-like systems, users can run the wrapper script from $SPOTBUGS_HOME/bin, invoke the jar directly, or put the bin directory in PATH and run `spotbugs`.

### Why package nerds care

Package nerds care about SpotBugs because it turns a Java static-analysis distribution into a repeatable CLI install with a predictable wrapper, Java runtime requirement, plugin support, and build-system integration. It also represents the package-manager handoff from an abandoned predecessor to a maintained successor.

### Timeline

- 2016: GitHub repository created and manual copyright period begins.
- 2016 onward: Project continues FindBugs under the SpotBugs name.
- Current: Official manual documents SpotBugs 4.10.2.

### Related projects

- SpotBugs is directly related to FindBugs as its successor. The official homepage also names fb-contrib and Find Security Bugs as popular plugins.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/spotbugs/spotbugs: official repository metadata including creation date.>
- <https://spotbugs.github.io/: official homepage, FindBugs successor statement, integrations, plugins, and Java requirement.>
- <https://spotbugs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html: official manual introduction and platform/runtime requirements.>
- <https://spotbugs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/running.html: official CLI and wrapper-script usage.>
- input.source_facts.package-manager: Homebrew and Scoop package-manager presence.


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- zypper - spotbugs - 4.9.8-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: spotbugs from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A tool for static analysis to look for bugs in Java code | https://spotbugs.github.io/
- zypper - spotbugs-annotations - 4.9.8-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: spotbugs-annotations from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Annotations the SpotBugs tool supports | https://spotbugs.github.io/
- zypper - spotbugs-ant - 4.9.8-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: spotbugs-ant from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Ant task for spotbugs | https://spotbugs.github.io/
- zypper - spotbugs-javadoc - 4.9.8-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: spotbugs-javadoc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | API documentation for spotbugs | https://spotbugs.github.io/
- Scoop - main/spotbugs: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/spotbugs.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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