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Install intelli-shell with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

Like IntelliSense, but for shells. Version 3.4.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-26.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install intelli-shell

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#intelli-shell

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/in/intelli-shell/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S intelli-shell

Arch Linux sync databases · intelli-shell · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Like IntelliSense, but for shells

Commands and aliases

  • intelli-shell

history

Project history and usage

IntelliShell is a Rust command-template and snippet manager for shells. Its official docs position it as complementary to shell history: history recalls what a user already typed, while IntelliShell stores reusable command recipes with variables, aliases, sharing, TLDR imports, and optional AI-assisted generation.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in January 2023. Early public releases in March and May 2023 show the project beginning as a focused terminal productivity tool, while later 3.x releases expanded its template, suggestion, shell-integration, and AI features. The project documentation grew into an mdBook hosted on GitHub Pages.

Adoption history

IntelliShell spread through direct install scripts, standalone binaries, Homebrew, Nix, and Arch packaging. Its official README advertises support for Bash, Zsh, Fish, Nushell, and PowerShell, which helps explain why it is packaged as a cross-shell tool rather than as a plugin for one shell ecosystem.

How it is used

The normal workflow is interactive: users bookmark commands from the terminal, search them through keybindings, fill `{{variables}}`, and import or export reusable command libraries. Project-local `.intellishell` files let teams share task recipes without adding a separate task runner.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, IntelliShell is part of the post-Atuin wave of shell-history-adjacent tools: it does not replace chronological history, but turns repeated command lines into structured data. It is also a tidy Rust CLI packaging case because it ships one binary, cross-shell integration, completions, and prebuilt release assets.

Timeline

  • 2023: The repository was created and early 0.1/0.2 releases were published.
  • 2025: The 3.3 release series was published through GitHub releases.
  • 2026: The 3.4 release series continued the tool's cross-shell command-library workflow.

Related projects

  • The docs explicitly compare IntelliShell with built-in shell history and Atuin. Its TLDR import feature also places it near tldr-pages, cheatsheet tools, and command-snippet managers.

Sources

  • Official README, official mdBook, GitHub release metadata, GitHub repository metadata, and Homebrew formula metadata.

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.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
intelli-shellcliglobal 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 version3.4.5
manager updated2026-06-26
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv3.4.5

https://github.com/lasantosr/intelli-shell

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:intelli-shell
Version3.4.5
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/intelli-shell
Homepagehttps://lasantosr.github.io/intelli-shell/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/lasantosr/intelli-shell
Upstream docshttps://github.com/lasantosr/intelli-shell#readme
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/lasantosr/intelli-shell/archive/refs/tags/v3.4.5.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-26T12:48:34Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesopenssl@3
Build dependenciespkgconf, rust
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 Nameintelli-shell
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%

intelli-shell

nix profile install nixpkgs#intelli-shell
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Intelli Shell
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/intelli-shell/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman95%

intelli-shell 3.4.3-1

Like IntelliSense, but for shells

https://github.com/lasantosr/intelli-shell

sudo pacman -S intelli-shell
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Intelli Shell
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: intelli-shell from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

package graph

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

Related tools

  • openssl@3Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • rustBuild 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 package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment