macOS
brew install ngslocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install ngsMacPorts ports tree · shells/ngs/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ngs in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install ngslocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install ngsMacPorts ports tree · shells/ngs/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo apk add ngsAlpine Linux edge package indexes · ngs · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Überblick
Powerful programming language and shell designed specifically for Ops
Verlauf
NGS, or Next Generation Shell, is a GPL-3.0 language and shell project aimed at operations and DevOps scripting. The project positions itself between traditional shells and general-purpose languages: keep convenient process execution, but add structured data handling, exceptions, multimethods, patterns, and libraries for automation tasks.
The public project is source-first and documentation-heavy rather than release-history-heavy. Its README states that the creator built NGS to reduce the pain of using Bash or Python for common Ops work, and the documentation set for version 0.2.17 includes language reference, tutorial, motivation, internals, style guide, CLI manual, and AWS command documentation.
The repository records roughly three thousand commits and a 0.2.x release line; Homebrew packaged version 0.2.17 from the upstream GitHub tag. NGS also carries installation paths through Homebrew, MacPorts, Snap, Docker, GitHub Actions, and helper projects for AWS Lambda and IPython/Jupyter.
Adoption evidence is visible but niche. The GitHub repository shows about 1.5k stars, while Homebrew analytics on July 1, 2026 reported 35 installs on request over 365 days. The package is also present in Alpine and MacPorts, which suggests packaging interest beyond Homebrew but not broad ecosystem pull.
The upstream README gives one concrete production-ish adoption note: NGS is used at Beame.io for miscellaneous scripting, CLI testing, performance-test orchestration, and cloud manipulation. That is stronger than a toy example, but there are few independent adoption writeups.
Package nerds use NGS as an experiment in replacing shell scripts for automation with a language that treats JSON, tables, command exit codes, retries, logging, status output, and external-program pipelines as first-class Ops concerns. The practical workflow is to install `ngs`, run scripts with `ngs SCRIPT_NAME.ngs`, or use one-liners such as `ngs -pi 'sum(0..10)'`.
The interesting packaging detail is that NGS is not only a CLI binary; it is also distributed as a GitHub Action and has integrations for container and serverless runtimes. That makes it a small but coherent language-runtime package rather than just another shell helper.
Sicherheitslage
generalized runtime or code generation signal.
yellow Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · runtime
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
ngs | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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https://github.com/ngs-lang/ngs
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:ngs |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.17 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ngs |
| Homepage | https://ngs-lang.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/ngs-lang/ngs |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://ngs-lang.org/doc/latest/index.html |
| Lizenz | GPL-3.0-only |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/ngs-lang/ngs/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.17.tar.gz |
| Abhängigkeiten | bdw-gc, gnu-sed, json-c, pcre, peg |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | cmake, pandoc, pkgconf |
| Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken | libffi |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | ngs |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | yes |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
ngs 0.2.14-r0
Next Generation Shell
sudo apk add ngsngs-aws 0.2.14-r0
Next Generation Shell - experimental AWS library
sudo apk add ngs-awsngs-vim 0.2.14-r0
Next Generation Shell (vim syntax)
sudo apk add ngs-vimngs
sudo port install ngsQuellspur
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