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Install nushell with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, winget, zypper, scoop

Modern shell for the GitHub era. Version 0.114.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install nushell

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install nushell

MacPorts ports tree · shells/nushell/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add nushell

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · nushell · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install nushell

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · nushell · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#nushell

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S nushell

Arch Linux sync databases · nushell · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install nushell

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · nushell · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%

choco install nushell

Chocolatey community package catalog · nushell · source: community.chocolatey.org

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id Nushell.Nushell -e

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

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/nu

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

overview

Package summary

Modern shell for the GitHub era

Project links

Commands and aliases

nu
nu_plugin_custom_values
nu_plugin_example
nu_plugin_formats
nu_plugin_gstat
nu_plugin_inc
nu_plugin_polars
nu_plugin_query
nu_plugin_stress_internals

history

Project history and usage

Nushell, or Nu, is a Rust-written shell that treats command output as structured data rather than only byte streams of text. It combines Unix pipelines, PowerShell-style structured data, functional-programming ideas, and cross-platform ambitions into a shell whose everyday objects are tables, records, lists, strings, and typed values.

Project history

The first public introduction was published on August 23, 2019 by Sophia Turner, Yehuda Katz, and Andres Robalino, with Odin Dutton contributing. That post framed Nu as a shell where commands such as `ls`, `ps`, and file readers yield structured data that can be filtered and transformed with common verbs, while external commands remain available through normal process execution.

Adoption history

Nushell's own November 2019 survey captured the early adoption problem: 160 respondents were impressive for a project only a few months public, but most were not yet using Nu, with maturity, time, documentation, integration, and stability as blockers. By the June 27, 2023 'road to 1.0' post, the project reported its 65th public release, official GitHub syntax highlighting, more than 25,000 GitHub stars, and a release-cadence change from three weeks to four weeks to reduce churn on the way to 1.0.

How it is used

Nushell users lean on it for interactive data inspection and small automations: loading JSON/TOML/YAML/CSV-like data, sorting and filtering tables, querying process and filesystem data, composing commands, and writing scripts in a shell language that keeps data structured through the pipeline. The repository README points users to the Nushell Book, command reference, cookbook, Discord, package-manager installs, and GitHub Actions setup support.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, Nushell is both an end-user shell and a packaging stress test: it is a fast-moving Rust binary with plugins, completions, config files, and cross-platform packaging. Homebrew's formula page listed 50,439 installs over 365 days on July 1, 2026, which is meaningful for an alternative shell that users must actively choose over bash, zsh, fish, or PowerShell.

Timeline

2019-08-23: Nushell is publicly introduced.
2019-11-23: First Nushell survey reports 160 responses and early maturity/integration blockers.
2023-06-27: Nushell 0.82 is described as the 65th public release and a road-to-1.0 milestone.
2026-05-30: GitHub release 0.113.1 is published.

Related projects

PowerShell
bash
zsh
fish
setup-nu

Sources

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.

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.

Linux: ~/.config/nushell/config.nu~/.config/nushell/env.nu~/.config/nushell/login.nu
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/nushell/config.nu~/Library/Application Support/nushell/env.nu~/Library/Application Support/nushell/login.nu
Windows: %APPDATA%\nushell\config.nu%APPDATA%\nushell\env.nu%APPDATA%\nushell\login.nu

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`nu`	cli	global executable
`nu_plugin_custom_values`	cli	global executable
`nu_plugin_example`	cli	global executable
`nu_plugin_formats`	cli	global executable
`nu_plugin_gstat`	cli	global executable
`nu_plugin_inc`	cli	global executable
`nu_plugin_polars`	cli	global executable
`nu_plugin_query`	cli	global executable
`nu_plugin_stress_internals`	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 version0.114.0

manager updated2026-07-05

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detected0.114.0

https://github.com/nushell/nushell

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:nushell
Version	0.114.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nushell
Homepage	https://www.nushell.sh
Repository	https://github.com/nushell/nushell
Upstream docs	https://www.nushell.sh/book
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/nushell/nushell/archive/refs/tags/0.114.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-05T04:22:50Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	openssl@3
Build dependencies	pkgconf, rust
Uses from macOS	curl
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	nushell
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%

nushell

nix profile install nixpkgs#nushell

normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

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

apk95%

nushell 0.104.1-r0

A new type of shell

https://www.nushell.sh

sudo apk add nushell

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nushell
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nushell from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

nushell-doc 0.104.1-r0

A new type of shell (documentation)

https://www.nushell.sh

sudo apk add nushell-doc

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nushell
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nushell-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

nushell-plugins 0.104.1-r0

Nushell plugins

https://www.nushell.sh

sudo apk add nushell-plugins

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nushell
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nushell-plugins from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

nushell 0.99.1-4.fc45

A new type of shell

https://www.nushell.sh/

sudo dnf install nushell

License: MIT AND (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND BSD-3-Clause AND AND Unicode-3.0 AND Unicode-DFS-2016 AND (0BSD OR MIT OR Apache-2.0) AND Apache-2.0 AND (Apache-2.0 OR
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nushell
9 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nushell from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

nushell 0.113.1-1

A new type of shell

https://www.nushell.sh

sudo pacman -S nushell

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
5 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: nushell from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

nushell 0.113.1-1.1

A new type of shell

https://www.nushell.sh/

sudo zypper install nushell

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nushell
5 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

nushell-plugin_custom_values 0.113.1-1.1

Plugin nu_plugin_custom_values for nushell

https://www.nushell.sh/

sudo zypper install nushell-plugin_custom_values

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nushell
3 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_custom_values from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

nushell-plugin_example 0.113.1-1.1

Plugin nu_plugin_example for nushell

https://www.nushell.sh/

sudo zypper install nushell-plugin_example

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nushell
3 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_example from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

nushell-plugin_formats 0.113.1-1.1

Plugin nu_plugin_formats for nushell

https://www.nushell.sh/

sudo zypper install nushell-plugin_formats

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nushell
4 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_formats from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

nushell-plugin_gstat 0.113.1-1.1

Plugin nu_plugin_gstat for nushell

https://www.nushell.sh/

sudo zypper install nushell-plugin_gstat

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nushell
6 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_gstat from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

nushell-plugin_inc 0.113.1-1.1

Plugin nu_plugin_inc for nushell

https://www.nushell.sh/

sudo zypper install nushell-plugin_inc

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nushell
3 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_inc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

nushell-plugin_polars 0.113.1-1.1

Plugin nu_plugin_polars for nushell

https://www.nushell.sh/

sudo zypper install nushell-plugin_polars

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nushell
5 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_polars from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

nushell-plugin_query 0.113.1-1.1

Plugin nu_plugin_query for nushell

https://www.nushell.sh/

sudo zypper install nushell-plugin_query

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nushell
6 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_query from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

nushell-plugin_stress_internals 0.113.1-1.1

Plugin nu_plugin_stress_internals for nushell

https://www.nushell.sh/

sudo zypper install nushell-plugin_stress_internals

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nushell
3 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_stress_internals from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

nushell

sudo port install nushell

normalized package name match
Matched by: Nushell

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

source trail

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Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/nushell.yml

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

Install nushell with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, winget, zypper, scoop

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