# Install zplug

Next-generation plugin manager for zsh. Version 2.4.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:zplug
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install zplug
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install zplug
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: zplug from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#zplug
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:zplug
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/zplug>
- **Version:** 2.4.2
- **Source summary:** Next-generation plugin manager for zsh
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/zplug/zplug/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/zplug/zplug>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/zplug/zplug#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/zplug/zplug/archive/refs/tags/2.4.2.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- zplug-env (cli)
- zplug-env (alias)

## macOS Provided Libraries

- zsh

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: In order to use zplug, please add the following to your .zshrc: export ZPLUG_HOME=$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/zplug source $ZPLUG_HOME/init.zsh
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.4.2
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/zplug/zplug
- Upstream latest detected: 2.4.2 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** zplug
- **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:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - zplug - 2.4.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: zplug from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | next-generation plugin manager for zsh | https://github.com/zplug/zplug
- Nix - zplug: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/zp/zplug/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - zplug - 2.4.2-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: zplug from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | next-generation plugin manager for zsh | https://github.com/zplug/zplug


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- [fish](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/fish/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell.
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- [desk](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/desk/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, manager, shell.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph