macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install tree-sitter-clilocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install tree-sitterMacPorts ports tree · devel/tree-sitter/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 643
Install tree-sitter-cli with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, pacman, winget, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, zypper, scoop
Parser generator tool. Version 0.27.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-15. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install tree-sitter-cli.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add tree-sitter-cliAlpine Linux edge package indexes · tree-sitter-cli · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install tree-sitter-cliDebian stable package indexes · tree-sitter-cli · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install tree-sitter-cliFedora Rawhide package metadata · tree-sitter-cli · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S tree-sitter-cliArch Linux sync databases · tree-sitter-cli · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#tree-sitternixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/tr/tree-sitter/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install tree-sitteropenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · tree-sitter · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id tree-sitter.tree-sitter-cli -eWindows Package Manager source index · tree-sitter.tree-sitter-cli · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install tree-sitterChocolatey community package catalog · tree-sitter · source: community.chocolatey.org
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/tree-sitterScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/tree-sitter.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Parser generator tool
Project links
Commands and aliases
- tree-sitter
history
Project history and usage
tree-sitter-cli is the command-line front end for Tree-sitter, a parser generator and incremental parsing library for programming tools.
Project history
Tree-sitter was built around a practical editor problem: producing concrete syntax trees that can be updated efficiently as a source file changes. The official documentation describes the system as both a parser generator and an incremental parsing library, general enough for many programming languages, fast enough to run on every keystroke, robust in the presence of syntax errors, and embeddable through a dependency-free C runtime.
The CLI is the package-facing part of that ecosystem. It is used to generate parsers, test grammars, parse files, and support the grammar-development loop that lets language communities publish parsers independently of any single editor.
The project has become a common substrate for developer tooling. The official docs list many official language bindings, third-party bindings, upstream parsers for common languages, a wiki list of known parsers, and public talks from 2017 and 2018. The GitHub repository records a large release history and broad downstream use.
Adoption history
Tree-sitter adoption spread through editors, language tooling, and parser packages because it separated grammar work from editor-specific syntax systems. Language packages can ship grammars, while editors and analysis tools can consume a uniform syntax-tree interface.
For package maintainers, the CLI is the important installable unit: projects need it in build scripts, grammar repositories need it for generated parser artifacts, and users need a consistent `tree-sitter` executable across Homebrew, Linux distributions, Windows package managers, and Nix-style environments.
How it is used
Package users install `tree-sitter` to initialize and maintain grammar projects, generate parser code, run parser tests, inspect parse trees, and integrate generated parsers into editor or code-analysis workflows.
In the package-nerd niche, tree-sitter-cli sits at the intersection of Rust/C build tooling, editor ecosystems, and language package registries: a small command that unlocks a large graph of grammar packages.
Why package nerds care
tree-sitter-cli is significant because parser infrastructure moved from being editor-specific glue into a portable package ecosystem. The CLI makes syntax grammars buildable and testable as ordinary packages.
Timeline
- 2017: Official documentation points to a GitHub Universe talk on Tree-sitter.
- 2018: Official documentation points to FOSDEM and Strange Loop talks.
- 2026: The GitHub repository lists v0.26.10 as a latest release and shows large downstream use.
Related projects
- Official and third-party language bindings expose Tree-sitter to C#, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Python, Rust, Swift, Zig, and other languages.
- Upstream parsers include grammars for Bash, C, C++, Go, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, Python, Rust, TypeScript, and many other languages.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for tree-sitter-cli. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
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
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tree-sitter/config.json~/.config/tree-sitter/config.json./tree-sitter.json- Windows
%APPDATA%\tree-sitter\config.json%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\tree-sitter\config.json.\tree-sitter.json
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
tree-sitter | cli | global executable |
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 generated2026-09-19
manager version0.27.0
manager updated2026-09-15
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.26.13
https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:tree-sitter-cli |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.27.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tree-sitter-cli |
| Homepage | https://tree-sitter.github.io |
| Repository | https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter |
| Upstream docs | https://tree-sitter.github.io |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter/archive/refs/tags/v0.26.13.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-09-15T23:25:03+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | rust |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | tree-sitter-cli |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
tree-sitter-cli 0.22.6-6+b1
command-line for Tree-sitter parsers
https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/
sudo apt install tree-sitter-cli- Section: devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: tree-sitter
- 2 dependencies
- 4 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter Cli
Ubuntu apt95%
tree-sitter-cli 0.20.8-5
command-line for Tree-sitter parsers
sudo apt install tree-sitter-cli- Section: universe/devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: rust-tree-sitter-cli
- 3 dependencies
- 5 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter Cli
apk95%
tree-sitter-cli 0.26.7-r1
Incremental parsing system for programming tools (CLI)
https://tree-sitter.github.io/
sudo apk add tree-sitter-cli- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: tree-sitter
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter Cli
dnf95%
tree-sitter-cli 0.26.11-1.fc45
CLI tool for developing, testing, and using Tree-sitter parsers
https://crates.io/crates/tree-sitter-cli
sudo dnf install tree-sitter-cli- License: MIT AND (MIT OR Apache-2.0) AND Apache-2.0 AND (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (BSD-2-Clause OR Apache-2.0 OR
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: rust-tree-sitter-cli
- 5 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter Cli
pacman95%
tree-sitter-cli 0.26.9-1
CLI tool for developing, testing, and using Tree-sitter parsers
https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter
sudo pacman -S tree-sitter-cli- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- 2 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter Cli
winget95%
tree-sitter.tree-sitter-cli
winget install --id tree-sitter.tree-sitter-cli -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter Cli
MacPorts94%
tree-sitter
sudo port install tree-sitter- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter
Debian apt92%
librust-tree-sitter-cli-dev 0.22.6-6+b1
command-line for Tree-sitter parsers - Rust source code
https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/
sudo apt install librust-tree-sitter-cli-dev- Section: rust
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: tree-sitter
- 32 dependencies
- 7 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter
Debian apt92%
librust-tree-sitter-config-dev 0.22.6-6+b1
user configuration of tree-sitter's CLI programs - Rust source code
https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/
sudo apt install librust-tree-sitter-config-dev- Section: rust
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: tree-sitter
- 5 dependencies
- 7 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter
Debian apt92%
librust-tree-sitter-dev 0.22.6-6+b1
bindings to the tree-sitter parsing library - Rust source code
https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/
sudo apt install librust-tree-sitter-dev- Section: rust
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: tree-sitter
- 3 dependencies
- 7 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter
Debian apt92%
librust-tree-sitter-highlight-dev 0.22.6-6+b1
perform syntax highlighting with tree-sitter - Rust source code
https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/
sudo apt install librust-tree-sitter-highlight-dev- Section: rust
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: tree-sitter
- 5 dependencies
- 7 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter
Debian apt92%
librust-tree-sitter-loader-dev 0.22.6-6+b1
locates, builds, and loads tree-sitter grammars - Rust source code
https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/
sudo apt install librust-tree-sitter-loader-dev- Section: rust
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: tree-sitter
- 15 dependencies
- 7 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter
Debian apt92%
librust-tree-sitter-tags-dev 0.22.6-6+b1
library for extracting tag information - Rust source code
https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/
sudo apt install librust-tree-sitter-tags-dev- Section: rust
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: tree-sitter
- 5 dependencies
- 7 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter
Debian apt92%
libtree-sitter-dev 0.22.6-6+b1
incremental parsing system for programming tools (development files)
https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/
sudo apt install libtree-sitter-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: tree-sitter
- 1 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter
Debian apt92%
libtree-sitter0.22 0.22.6-6+b1
incremental parsing system for programming tools
https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/
sudo apt install libtree-sitter0.22- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: tree-sitter
- 1 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter
Nix92%
tree-sitter
nix profile install nixpkgs#tree-sitter- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Tree Sitter
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