Run detekt using Command Line Interface

Install the cli

There are different ways to install the Command Line Interface (CLI):

MacOS, with Homebrew:

brew install detekt
detekt [options]

Any OS:

info

The latest released version of Detekt is 1.20.0

curl -sSLO https://github.com/detekt/detekt/releases/download/v[detekt_version]/detekt-cli-[detekt_version].zip
unzip detekt-cli-[detekt_version].zip
./detekt-cli-[detekt_version]/bin/detekt-cli --help

Use the cli

detekt will exit with one of the following exit codes:

Exit code	Description
0	detekt ran normally and maxIssues count was not reached in BuildFailureReport.
1	An unexpected error occurred
2	MaxIssues count was reached in BuildFailureReport.
3	Invalid detekt configuration file detected.

The following parameters are shown when --help is entered.

{% include_relative cli-options.md %}