# Install tfproviderlint with Homebrew

Terraform Provider Lint Tool. Version 0.31.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:tfproviderlint
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tfproviderlint
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:tfproviderlint
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.31.0
- **Source summary:** Terraform Provider Lint Tool
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/bflad/tfproviderlint>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bflad/tfproviderlint>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T00:50:39+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- tfproviderlint (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.31.0
## Project history and usage

tfproviderlint is a Go static-analysis toolkit and CLI for Terraform provider source code. It targets provider maintainers rather than Terraform module consumers, checking acceptance tests, resources, schemas, validation code, and other Plugin SDK patterns.

### Project history

The project packages Terraform-provider-specific checks as Go analysis passes and command-line tools. Its README distinguishes `tfproviderlint`, which includes standard checks, from `tfproviderlintx`, which includes extra opt-in checks.

The documented check catalog shows the project evolving with the Terraform Plugin SDK: some checks were removed in later versions after upstream APIs changed or deprecated patterns became obsolete, while new checks cover resource, schema, validation, and acceptance-test conventions.

### Adoption history

tfproviderlint has a longer provider-authoring niche than most tools in this batch. The README documents release binaries, Go installation, Docker usage, Homebrew installation from the maintainer tap, and a GitHub Action, which indicates use in local development and CI for Terraform provider repositories.

### How it is used

Users run `tfproviderlint ./...` inside Terraform provider source trees, pass check flags to enable or disable analyzers, use `-fix` for checks with automated fixes, or invoke it through `go vet -vettool`. Docker and GitHub Action usage support CI workflows.

### Why package nerds care

For package nerds, tfproviderlint is significant because it encodes project-specific provider-maintainer knowledge as installable tooling. It is both a command-line package and a Go library of analyzers, making it useful for custom lint tools and automated provider quality gates.

### Timeline

- 2024: GitHub tags list v0.30.0 in May.
- 2025: GitHub releases list v0.31.0 in February.
- 2026: Homebrew formula metadata lists stable version 0.31.0 with bottled builds.

### Related projects

- Terraform Plugin SDK
- Go analysis framework
- go vet
- tfproviderlint-github-action

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/tfproviderlint.json>
- <https://github.com/bflad/tfproviderlint#readme>
- <https://github.com/bflad/tfproviderlint/tags>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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