# Install maven-shell with Homebrew Shell for Maven. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:maven-shell ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install maven-shell ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:maven-shell - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.1.0 - **Source summary:** Shell for Maven - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** EPL-1.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - mvnsh (cli) - mvnsh (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.1.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/jdillon/mvnsh - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Maven Shell, packaged as `maven-shell` and executed as `mvnsh`, is a shell-oriented wrapper around Apache Maven intended to give Maven users an interactive command environment. ### Project history The README describes the project tersely as Maven Shell (`mvnsh`) and says it is based on GShell 3. The README and POM both carry copyright text beginning in 2009, and the POM identifies the Maven coordinates as `com.planet57.maven.shell:mvnsh` with modules for commands, bootstrap, personality, and assembly. The public tag list includes mvnsh-0.9, 0.10, 1.0, 1.0.1, and 1.1.0, with the GitHub release page for mvnsh-1.1.0 dated 2013-04-26. The POM's unreleased snapshot version is 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT, suggesting the packaged tool belongs to an older Maven 3.x/Java 8 era. ### Adoption history The batch input records only Homebrew packaging for maven-shell, which fits its narrow audience: Java developers who wanted an interactive Maven shell rather than repeatedly invoking `mvn` commands from a normal terminal. ### How it is used The README documents building with Maven 3.3+ and Java 8+, preferably through the included Maven wrapper, then running the assembled shell with `./build run`. Homebrew exposes the `mvnsh` executable for users who install it as a package instead of building from source. ### Why package nerds care maven-shell is a small historical artifact from the period when Java build tools experimented with richer shells and command environments. It matters less as a modern ecosystem pillar than as a package-manager fossil for Maven power users and GShell-based tooling. ### Timeline - 2009: README and POM copyright ranges begin. - 2013: GitHub release mvnsh-1.1.0 is published. - 2010s: POM records Maven 3.3+ and Java 8+ requirements for the maintained source line. ### Related projects - The README says Maven Shell is based on GShell 3. Its neighboring ecosystem is Apache Maven, Maven Wrapper, Java build tooling, and older interactive shells around build systems. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** maven-shell - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [maven](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/maven/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, build-tools, cli, developer-tools, java. - [ant](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ant/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, build-tools, cli, developer-tools, java. - [mill](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mill/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, build-tools, cli, developer-tools, java. - [bnd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bnd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java. - [byteman](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/byteman/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java. - [cfr-decompiler](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cfr-decompiler/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java. - [checkstyle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/checkstyle/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java. - [dub](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dub/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, build-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [fobis](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fobis/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, build-tool, build-tools, cli, developer. - [maturin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/maturin/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, build-tool, build-tools, cli, developer. - [ocamlbuild](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ocamlbuild/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, build-tool, build-tools, cli, developer. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/maven-shell.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/maven-shell.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph