install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install jump

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install jump

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/jump/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#jump

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

overview

Package summary

Helps you navigate your file system faster by learning your habits

Project links

Commands and aliases

jump

history

Project history and usage

Jump is a shell-integrated directory jumper. It records directories a user visits and lets the user move back to them with short fuzzy queries through a shell helper, usually bound as `j`.

Project history

Jump's public GitHub releases begin with v0.1.0 on September 6, 2015. The README describes the central idea that the tool integrates with the shell, tracks visited directories, and jumps to the right directory with a few fuzzy-typed characters.

The tool evolved from a simple Go command into a cross-shell navigation helper with Bash, Zsh, Fish, PowerShell, Nushell, and Murex integration. Later releases added behavior such as deep jumps, reverse jumps, relative jumps, pins, imports from `autojump` or `z`, and based mode for repository or monorepo navigation.

Adoption history

Jump was packaged for macOS through Homebrew and MacPorts, for Nix, for Snap, and through downloadable Debian and RPM artifacts. That distribution mix put it in the same everyday CLI category as `autojump`, `z`, and other frecency-style directory jumpers.

The README's import support for `autojump` and `z` shows that Jump was designed to meet users already carrying directory-history databases from earlier tools.

How it is used

Users install Jump, evaluate `jump shell` in their shell startup, and then use `j` queries to move through the filesystem. The README documents fuzzy, exact, deep, relative, reverse, case-sensitive, pinned, and based-mode jumps.

Database commands such as `jump clean`, `jump forget`, and `jump top` manage or inspect the learned directory data.

Why package nerds care

Jump is a tidy example of a small Go CLI that becomes useful only through shell integration. The package-manager job is not just installing a binary, but making a discoverable post-install path for shell init.

It belongs to the package-nerd genre of tools that optimize `cd`, a deceptively small workflow improvement that heavy terminal users notice immediately.

Timeline

2015-09-06: GitHub release v0.1.0 was published.
2016-02-19: GitHub release v0.7.1 was published.
2019-04-08: GitHub release v0.23.0 was published.
2022-08-07: GitHub release v0.51.0 was published.
2025-12-12: GitHub release v0.67.0 was published.

Related projects

Jump is related to `autojump`, `z`, `zoxide`, and shell-native directory stack features.
The README documents import support for `autojump` and `z`, making those tools explicit migration sources.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`jump`	cli	global 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 version0.67.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.67.0

https://github.com/gsamokovarov/jump

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:jump
Version	0.67.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jump
Homepage	https://github.com/gsamokovarov/jump
Repository	https://github.com/gsamokovarov/jump
Upstream docs	https://github.com/gsamokovarov/jump
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/gsamokovarov/jump/archive/refs/tags/v0.67.0.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

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%

jump

nix profile install nixpkgs#jump

normalized package name match
Matched by: Jump

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

MacPorts95%

jump

sudo port install jump

normalized package name match
Matched by: Jump

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

package graph

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

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/jump.yml

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

Install jump with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix