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Install tailor with Homebrew, MacPorts

Cross-platform static analyzer and linter for Swift. Version 0.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with macports: sudo port install tailor.

Install command Security notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install tailor

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install tailor

MacPorts ports tree · devel/tailor/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Cross-platform static analyzer and linter for Swift

Project links

Commands and aliases

tailor

history

Project history and usage

Tailor is a Swift static analyzer and linter packaged as a cross-platform CLI. It belongs to the early Swift tooling wave, when developers wanted package-manager-installable style checks for Swift projects before the ecosystem settled around later tools.

Project history

The public repository was created in May 2015. The README describes Tailor as a cross-platform static analyzer and linter for Swift, implemented with ANTLR parsing, supporting Mac OS X shell use, Xcode integration, Linux, and Windows. It documents Homebrew installation, release archives, and CI snippets.

Adoption history

Tailor was distributed through Homebrew and MacPorts according to the input package facts. GitHub releases show active feature work around Swift grammar updates, Code Climate output, `.tailor.yml` configuration, and Xcode integration during the Swift 2 and Swift 3 transition period.

How it is used

Users run `tailor` over Swift files or directories, configure rule selection and output through CLI flags or `.tailor.yml`, and can add it to an Xcode build phase. The wiki documents `.tailor.yml` for include/exclude lists, rule enablement, output format, and color settings.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care about Tailor because it shows how early Swift static analysis escaped Xcode and became a package-manager-installed CLI. Its release history also shows the maintenance burden of grammar-driven language tooling: Swift grammar changes required parser updates, while CI and Code Climate support made the tool fit non-Apple workflows.

Timeline

2015: Public GitHub repository created.
2016: Releases added Code Climate output and `.tailor.yml` configuration options.
2016: Tailor 0.11.0 updated grammar support for Swift 3.0.
2017: Tailor 0.12.0 updated grammar support for Swift 3.0.1.

Related projects

Tailor relates to SwiftFormat, SwiftLint, Xcode build phases, Code Climate, ANTLR, Homebrew, and MacPorts.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/sleekbyte/tailor
https://github.com/sleekbyte/tailor
https://github.com/sleekbyte/tailor/releases
https://github.com/sleekbyte/tailor/wiki
source_facts.package-manager

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.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: .tailor.yml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`tailor`	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 version0.12.0

manager updated2026-06-22

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:tailor
Version	0.12.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://sleekbyte.github.io/tailor/
Repository	https://github.com/sleekbyte/tailor
Last updated	2026-06-22T14:06:26-07:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

MacPorts95%

tailor

sudo port install tailor

normalized package name match
Matched by: Tailor

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

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/tailor.yml

Used sources

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