# Install svls with Homebrew, apk, Nix

SystemVerilog language server. Version 0.2.14 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#svls.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:svls
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install svls
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add svls
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#svls
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:svls
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.2.14
- **Source summary:** SystemVerilog language server
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/dalance/svls>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/dalance/svls>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- svls (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.2.14
## Project history and usage

svls is a SystemVerilog language server. It packages Language Server Protocol support for HDL editing as a standalone executable, so editors can discover it the same way they discover other language servers.

### Project history

The upstream README describes svls as a SystemVerilog language server and states that its linter feature is based on svlint. GitHub repository metadata records dalance/svls as created on 2019-11-15, with the first v0.1.0 GitHub release published the same day.

### Adoption history

The README presents svls through the normal language-server distribution channels: downloaded release binaries, Snap, and Cargo. The input package-manager facts also show packages for Alpine, Homebrew, and Nix, which makes the server easy to install in editor containers and workstation setup scripts.

### How it is used

svls is usually launched by an editor or LSP client rather than typed directly. The official README gives examples for Visual Studio Code, Vim and Neovim clients, coc.nvim, nvim-lspconfig, Emacs lsp-mode, and verilog-ext. It reads `.svls.toml` for language-server settings and can use `.svlint.toml` for lint rules.

### Why package nerds care

Language servers are packaging-sensitive because editor integrations often assume the binary is already on PATH. svls is notable for bringing a Rust-based SystemVerilog LSP and svlint-backed diagnostics into package-manager workflows rather than requiring every editor plugin to bundle its own analyzer.

### Timeline

- 2019: GitHub repository created for dalance/svls.
- 2019: v0.1.0 release published.
- 2025: v0.2.14 release published.

### Related projects

- svls is directly related to svlint and sv-parser, and its README documents editor integrations including svls-vscode, LanguageClient-neovim, vim-lsp, coc.nvim, nvim-lspconfig, Emacs lsp-mode, and verilog-ext.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/dalance/svls>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/dalance/svls/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://github.com/dalance/svls>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

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

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


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: .svls.toml, .svlint.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - svls: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sv/svls/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - svls - 0.2.14-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: svls from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SystemVerilog language serer | https://github.com/dalance/svls
- apk - svls-doc - 0.2.14-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: svls-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SystemVerilog language serer (documentation) | https://github.com/dalance/svls


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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