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Install vint with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, pacman

Vim script Language Lint. Version 0.3.21 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with apk: sudo apk add vint.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install vint

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install vint

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

overview

Package summary

Vim script Language Lint

Commands and aliases

  • vint

history

Project history and usage

Vint is a Python-implemented linter for Vim script. Its README describes the project goal as a highly extensible, customizable, and high-performance Vim script language lint tool, with command-line use, editor integration, and policy-level configuration.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in June 2014, and the PyPI package vim-vint shows a 0.1.0 upload in November 2014. The README and PyPI metadata preserve traces of the original Kuniwak/vint home while the maintained repository now lives under Vimjas/vint, reflecting the Vimjas organization stewardship used by Vim script tooling projects.

How it is used

Vint is used to lint Vimscript files and directories from the command line, emit plain or JSON output, and enforce or relax policies through command-line flags, .vintrc YAML files, and inline comments. The README also documents use through syntastic and vim-plug, which places it in the older Vim plugin quality-tooling ecosystem.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, Vint is notable less as a broad developer platform than as one of the few purpose-built static-analysis tools for Vimscript. It encodes style and correctness checks around a language that historically grew through editor configuration files and plugins rather than a large standalone tooling ecosystem.

Timeline

  • 2014-06: The Vimjas/vint GitHub repository was created.
  • 2014-11: vim-vint 0.1.0 was uploaded to PyPI.
  • 2019-05: vim-vint 0.3.21, the current PyPI release observed during this run, was uploaded.
  • 2026: The GitHub repository remained unarchived and active enough to have recent metadata updates.

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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
vintexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version0.3.21
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:vint
Version0.3.21
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/Vimjas/vint
Repositoryhttps://github.com/Vimjas/vint
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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apk95%

vint 0.3.21-r10

Fast and Highly Extensible Vim script Language Lint

https://github.com/Vimjas/vint

sudo apk add vint
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: vint
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vint
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vint from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

vint-pyc 0.3.21-r10

Precompiled Python bytecode for vint

https://github.com/Vimjas/vint

sudo apk add vint-pyc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: vint
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vint
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vint-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

vint 0.3.21-6

Lint tool for Vim script Language

https://github.com/Vimjas/vint

sudo pacman -S vint
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: any
  • 4 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vint
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: vint from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

vint

sudo port install vint
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vint
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/vint/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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source trail

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

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  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • pkg.so package database
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