# Install svu with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Semantic version utility. Version 3.4.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#svu.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:svu
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install svu
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install svu
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#svu
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:svu
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.4.1
- **Source summary:** Semantic version utility
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/caarlos0/svu>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/caarlos0/svu>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T04:03:48+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- svu (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.4.1
## Project history and usage

svu is a small command-line utility for deriving semantic versions from Git history. It is aimed at release scripts and CI workflows that want version bumps to follow SemVer and Conventional Commits without carrying a larger release-management system.

### Project history

The caarlos0/svu repository was created on GitHub in December 2017 and describes the tool as a semantic version utility. Its README presents the project as a helper for release scripts and workflows, with commands that increment version components or calculate the next version from commit history.

### Adoption history

The README documents installation through Homebrew, apt/yum repositories, Docker images, go install, and GitHub releases. The input package facts also list Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix packaging, which is typical for a small Go CLI that package-manager users install directly into release pipelines.

### How it is used

The central command is `svu next`, which inspects `git log` and maps commit-message patterns such as fixes, features, and breaking changes to patch, minor, or major version bumps. The README also documents a repository-local `.svu.yml` file for setting flag defaults.

### Why package nerds care

svu matters to package and release-tool users because it reduces semantic-version calculation to a composable Unix-style executable. It fits especially well in formula update scripts, CI jobs, and Git tag automation where maintainers want predictable version output rather than a full changelog or release platform.

### Timeline

- 2017: GitHub repository created and v0.0.1 released.
- 2020: v1.0.0 released.
- 2026: v3.4.1 listed as the latest GitHub release during research.

### Related projects

- svu explicitly points users to the SemVer specification and advertises Conventional Commits compatibility through its README badges and bump rules.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/caarlos0/svu>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/caarlos0/svu/releases>
- <https://github.com/caarlos0/svu#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## 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: .svu.yml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - svu: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sv/svu/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - svu: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/svu/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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