# 使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 ford

查看 ford 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:ford
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ford
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ford
```

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

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:ford
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 7.0.13
- **来源摘要:** Automatic documentation generator for modern Fortran programs
- **主页:** <https://github.com/Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford>
- **最后更新:** 2026-07-10T11:59:18Z
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- ford (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 7.0.13
## 项目历史与用法

FORD is an automatic documentation generator for modern Fortran programs. The README expands the name as FORtran Documenter and frames the project as a Fortran-oriented alternative to Doxygen and other documentation generators.

### 项目历史

FORD was written because the maintainer found Doxygen's Fortran handling poor and other alternatives limited, proprietary, unattractive, or difficult to extend. The README specifically compares it with ROBODoc, f90doc, and Doxygen and states the goal of producing modern Fortran documentation that is informative, attractive, easy to write, and non-obtrusive.

The documentation site later formalized the user guide around project files, Markdown metadata, fpm.toml integration, command-line options, generated pages, and API documentation. The changelog shows an active 6.x and 7.x period, including Sphinx/Read the Docs documentation work and a v7.0.0 breaking-change release.

### 采用历史

The README documents pip as the simplest installation path, Homebrew as a macOS package-manager route, and additional system package availability. It also displays badges for PyPI, Homebrew, package status, downloads, GitHub license, and Zenodo, indicating packaging and citation concerns common in scientific Fortran projects.

### 使用方式

Users write a Markdown project file, optionally put settings in fpm.toml, and run ford against the project file. FORD extracts documentation from Fortran comments, supports Markdown, MathJax, search, Bootstrap-based output, source links, static pages, and external project references.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

FORD matters to package and scientific-computing maintainers because it fills a language-specific documentation gap for modern Fortran while fitting normal Python packaging and Homebrew workflows. It also bridges Fortran Package Manager projects through fpm.toml support.

### 时间线

- 2022: changelog entry v6.1.17 includes adding Sphinx docs and a Read the Docs website.
- 2023: v6.2.5 released with fixes around bound procedure declarations and call graphs.
- v7.0.0: changelog records a breaking release updating Bootstrap to 5.3 and changing project-file metadata behavior.

### Related projects

- The README discusses Doxygen, ROBODoc, and f90doc as related documentation tools. The user guide also connects FORD to fpm.toml, Markdown, MathJax, Lunr Search, Bootstrap, and external FORD documentation projects.

### 来源

- <https://forddocs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/project_file_options.html>
- <https://forddocs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/writing_documentation.html>
- <https://github.com/Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford/master/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford/master/README.md>


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- 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: ./*.md
## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Nix - ford: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fo/ford/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- 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