install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install mongosh

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#mongosh

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

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install extras/mongosh

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/mongosh.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

MongoDB Shell to connect, configure, query, and work with your MongoDB database

Project links

Commands and aliases

mongosh

history

Project history and usage

mongosh is the MongoDB Shell, MongoDB's modern JavaScript and Node.js REPL for interacting with MongoDB deployments in Atlas, local installations, or remote hosts. MongoDB introduced the first preview on 2020-06-08 after deciding that extending the legacy mongo shell was not the right path for a growing MongoDB platform.

Project history

The redesign focused on a shell that could be extensible, embeddable in other products, and easier to use in terminals. The public changelog records mongosh v1.0 on 2021-07-09, after a preview series that added features such as transactions support, AWS IAM authentication, script loading, --eval, .mongoshrc.js customization, MongoDB 5.0 support, Stable API-aware autocomplete, and snippets. The GitHub repository is a monorepo for shell components across REPL, browser, Compass, and related environments.

How it is used

Users run mongosh to test queries, inspect and change data, configure settings, and script database operations with shell helpers on top of the MongoDB driver. MongoDB distributes it as an Apache-2.0 standalone product separate from the MongoDB Server, and package managers such as Homebrew, Nix, and Scoop make it available independently from server releases.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: yellow

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

text:database
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.

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
`mongosh`	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 version2.9.2

manager updated2026-07-02

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/shell

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/shellnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mongosh
Version	2.9.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mongosh
Homepage	https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/shell
Repository	https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongosh
Upstream docs	https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/@mongosh/cli-repl/-/cli-repl-2.9.2.tgz
Last updated	2026-07-02T16:39:47Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	node
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	mongosh
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	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%

mongosh

nix profile install nixpkgs#mongosh

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mongosh

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

Scoop95%

extras/mongosh

scoop install extras/mongosh

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mongosh

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mongosh.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/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/mongosh.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

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