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Install aliae with Homebrew, Nix, winget

Cross shell and platform alias management. Version 0.26.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install aliae

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#aliae

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/al/aliae/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id JanDeDobbeleer.Aliae -e

Windows Package Manager source index · JanDeDobbeleer.Aliae · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Cross shell and platform alias management

Commands and aliases

  • aliae

history

Project history and usage

aliae is a cross-shell alias and shell-environment manager by Jan De Dobbeleer. It lets users define aliases, functions, environment variables, PATH entries, scripts, and symlinks once in YAML and emit shell-specific initialization code.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in June 2023. The official docs say aliae came from wanting the same shell experience across all shells used while building and validating Oh My Posh.

The documentation presents the core idea as a single template-enabled YAML configuration that works across shells and platforms. That puts aliae near dotfile managers and shell plugin tools, but with a narrower focus on shell initialization artifacts.

Adoption history

aliae is newer and smaller than Oh My Posh, but it benefits from the same author ecosystem and is distributed through Homebrew, Nix, and WinGet according to the input facts. The README links to official docs, releases, Discord community, and sponsorship channels.

Its adoption pattern is dotfiles-first: users who maintain several shells or operating systems can reduce duplicated alias/function/env/path snippets.

How it is used

By default aliae expects `.aliae.yaml` in the user's home directory. The official configuration docs also allow a custom path with `--config` or the `ALIAE_CONFIG` environment variable, including local files or remote config URLs.

A typical shell setup evaluates `aliae init zsh`, `aliae init bash`, or another shell target during startup. The YAML can include shell/OS conditionals so one config can produce different output for Bash, Zsh, PowerShell, Nushell, Xonsh, tcsh, and other supported shells.

Why package nerds care

aliae is interesting to package users because shell state is usually messy and local. A package-manager-installed binary plus a checked-in YAML file gives a reproducible way to share aliases and environment setup across machines.

It is deliberately narrower than a full dotfile framework. That makes it attractive when a user wants cross-shell aliases and PATH/env/script management without adopting a large bootstrap system.

Timeline

  • 2023: Public GitHub repository created.
  • 2023-2026: Project documented as a cross-platform shell management tool.
  • 2026: Official docs describe default home-directory YAML config and custom config locations.

Related projects

  • Related projects include Oh My Posh, shell plugin managers, chezmoi-style dotfile management, and per-shell alias/function systems.

security posture

Risk level: yellow

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

  • generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

  • text:shell

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to 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
~/.aliae.yaml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
aliaecliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.26.6
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.26.6

https://github.com/jandedobbeleer/aliae

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:aliae
Version0.26.6
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/aliae
Homepagehttps://aliae.dev
Repositoryhttps://github.com/jandedobbeleer/aliae
Upstream docshttps://aliae.dev/docs
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/jandedobbeleer/aliae/archive/refs/tags/v0.26.6.tar.gz
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namealiae
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

aliae

nix profile install nixpkgs#aliae
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Aliae
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/al/aliae/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

JanDeDobbeleer.Aliae

winget install --id JanDeDobbeleer.Aliae -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Aliae
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: JanDeDobbeleer.Aliae from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

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source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • 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