installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%

brew install carapace

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsvérifié · 94%

sudo port install carapace

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/carapace/Portfile · Source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%

sudo apk add carapace

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · carapace · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixvérifié · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#carapace

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ca/carapace/package.nix · Source: api.github.com

Windows

Windows Package Managervérifié · 92%

winget install --id rsteube.Carapace -e

Windows Package Manager source index · rsteube.Carapace · Source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Multi-shell multi-command argument completer

Liens du projet

Commandes et alias

carapace

historique

Historique du projet et usages

carapace is a Go-based multi-shell argument completer distributed as the carapace-bin package. It exists in the long tradition of shell completion frameworks, but its package-nerd hook is that one completion engine can target many shells instead of requiring a separate completion script style for Bash, Zsh, Fish, PowerShell, Nushell, Xonsh, Elvish, and others.

Historique du projet

The public carapace-bin repository was created on GitHub in April 2020. Its README describes the project as a multi-shell completion binary, and the repository topics show the project deliberately spans many shell ecosystems rather than being tied to a single command-line environment.

The project grew around two related surfaces: a collection of completers for existing CLI tools and a specification system for adding custom completions. Its documentation is published as an mdBook site, and the README points users to install and setup pages rather than treating the GitHub README as the only manual.

Historique d'adoption

The project is packaged across multiple operating-system package channels. The supplied Homebrew source facts list Homebrew, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, and winget package mappings, while the upstream README includes a Repology packaging badge, signaling that distribution packaging is part of the project's public identity.

Adoption has been strongest among users who move between shells or who want richer completion behavior without writing shell-specific scripts. The upstream README's supported-shell list includes both traditional shells and newer interactive shells, which is the core adoption story for carapace.

Modes d'utilisation

Users install the carapace binary, enable it for their shell, and then use it to provide argument completions for supported commands. The upstream README links to the official install and setup documentation, and the official completers page documents the list of commands covered by the project.

For package maintainers and power users, carapace is also interesting because completions can be specified outside a single shell's scripting language, making it useful when a command-line tool needs completions across several shell communities.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

carapace matters to package nerds because shell completion is often the forgotten layer between a package and its users. A package that ships a good binary but poor completions feels worse in day-to-day terminal use, and carapace offers a shared completion layer that package managers can distribute like any other CLI tool.

Its significance also comes from cross-shell normalization. Package repositories normally have to care about Bash, Zsh, Fish, PowerShell, and newer shells separately; carapace turns that messy edge of packaging into a dedicated, versioned tool.

Chronologie

2020: carapace-bin repository created on GitHub.
2022: GitHub releases page shows published carapace-bin release tags by at least v0.11.0.
2026: GitHub repository metadata shows the project still active, with shell-completion topics and ongoing updates.

Related projects

carapace is related to shell-native completion systems for Bash, Zsh, Fish, PowerShell, Nushell, Elvish, Xonsh, Oil, Tcsh, Ion, and Cmd, all of which are listed in the upstream README as supported or experimental shells.
It is also related to package-manager completion distribution: Homebrew, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, and winget mappings in the supplied source facts show how the same completion binary reaches users through several ecosystems.

Sources

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : yellow

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Classificateur de risque

risque yellow · confiance moyen · runtime

Pourquoi

generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signaux

text:shell

Comportement d'installation

Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
Les métadonnées de compilation listent 1 dépendances de compilation.

Revue recommandée

Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ${UserConfigDir}/carapace${UserConfigDir}/carapace/specs${UserConfigDir}/carapace/variables/{group}.yaml${UserConfigDir}/carapace/bridge

exécutables

Exécutables installés

Commande	Type	Exposition	Note
`carapace`	cli	exécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-25

version du gestionnaire1.7.3

gestionnaire mis à jour2026-06-30

données localesOK

amontà jour

dernière version détectéev1.7.3

https://github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-bin

OKAucun avertissement de fraîcheur n'a été généré.

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquet	brew:carapace
Version	1.7.3
Gestionnaire de paquets	Homebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquets	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/carapace
Page d'accueil	https://carapace.sh
Dépôt	https://github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-bin
Docs amont	https://carapace-sh.github.io/carapace-bin
Licence	MIT
Archive source	https://github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-bin/archive/refs/tags/v1.7.3.tar.gz
Dernière mise à jour	2026-06-30T23:54:20Z
Pulse	updated
Dépendances de compilation	go
Bouteille	disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
post-install Homebrew	non défini
Service	aucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	carapace
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

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.

Nix95%

carapace

nix profile install nixpkgs#carapace

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Carapace

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

apk95%

carapace 1.5.7-r5

Multi-shell multi-command argument completer

https://carapace.sh/

sudo apk add carapace

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: carapace
1 Dépendances
1 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Carapace

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: carapace from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

carapace

sudo port install carapace

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Carapace

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/carapace/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

rsteube.Carapace

winget install --id rsteube.Carapace -e

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Carapace

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: rsteube.Carapace from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

graphe de paquets

Les liens viennent du graphe local de relations entre paquets, des suppléments, des dépendances, des correspondances d'écosystèmes et de l'appartenance aux hubs.

piste source

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/carapace.yml

Sources utilisées

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

Installer carapace avec Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, winget