# 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.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:nushell
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nushell
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install nushell
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add nushell
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install nushell
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#nushell
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S nushell
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install nushell
```

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

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install nushell
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: nushell from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','ntlite-free'

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Nushell.Nushell -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Nushell.Nushell from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/nu
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/nu.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:nushell
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nushell>
- **Version:** 0.114.0
- **Source summary:** Modern shell for the GitHub era
- **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
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- nu (cli)
- nu_plugin_custom_values (cli)
- nu_plugin_example (cli)
- nu_plugin_formats (cli)
- nu_plugin_gstat (cli)
- nu_plugin_inc (cli)
- nu_plugin_polars (cli)
- nu_plugin_query (cli)
- nu_plugin_stress_internals (cli)
- nu (alias)
- nu_plugin_custom_values (alias)
- nu_plugin_example (alias)
- nu_plugin_formats (alias)
- nu_plugin_gstat (alias)
- nu_plugin_inc (alias)
- nu_plugin_polars (alias)
- nu_plugin_query (alias)
- nu_plugin_stress_internals (alias)

## Dependencies

- openssl@3

## Build dependencies

- pkgconf
- rust

## Uses from macOS

- curl

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.114.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-05
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/nushell/nushell
- Upstream latest detected: 0.114.0 (current)
## 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

- <https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nushell>
- <https://github.com/nushell/nushell>
- <https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2019-08-23-introducing-nushell.html>
- <https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2019-11-23-nushell-survey-results.html>
- <https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2023-06-27-road-to-1_0.html>


## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal


## 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

- 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
## 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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - nushell: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/nu/nushell/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - nushell - 0.104.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nushell from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A new type of shell | https://www.nushell.sh
- apk - nushell-doc - 0.104.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nushell-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A new type of shell (documentation) | https://www.nushell.sh
- apk - nushell-plugins - 0.104.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nushell-plugins from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nushell plugins | https://www.nushell.sh
- dnf - nushell - 0.99.1-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nushell from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A new type of shell | https://www.nushell.sh/
- pacman - nushell - 0.113.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: nushell from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A new type of shell | https://www.nushell.sh
- zypper - nushell - 0.113.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A new type of shell | https://www.nushell.sh/
- zypper - nushell-plugin_custom_values - 0.113.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_custom_values from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Plugin nu_plugin_custom_values for nushell | https://www.nushell.sh/
- zypper - nushell-plugin_example - 0.113.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_example from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Plugin nu_plugin_example for nushell | https://www.nushell.sh/
- zypper - nushell-plugin_formats - 0.113.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_formats from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Plugin nu_plugin_formats for nushell | https://www.nushell.sh/
- zypper - nushell-plugin_gstat - 0.113.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_gstat from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Plugin nu_plugin_gstat for nushell | https://www.nushell.sh/
- zypper - nushell-plugin_inc - 0.113.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_inc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Plugin nu_plugin_inc for nushell | https://www.nushell.sh/
- zypper - nushell-plugin_polars - 0.113.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_polars from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Plugin nu_plugin_polars for nushell | https://www.nushell.sh/
- zypper - nushell-plugin_query - 0.113.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_query from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Plugin nu_plugin_query for nushell | https://www.nushell.sh/
- zypper - nushell-plugin_stress_internals - 0.113.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nushell-plugin_stress_internals from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Plugin nu_plugin_stress_internals for nushell | https://www.nushell.sh/
- MacPorts - nushell: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: shells/nushell/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## 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.
- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [nsh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nsh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, rust, shell, system, terminal.
- [bashish](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bashish/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, shell, system, terminal.
- [brush](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/brush/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, rust, shell, system.
- [murex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/murex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, shell, system, terminal.
- [thefuck](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/thefuck/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, shell, system, terminal.
- [bash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bash/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, shell, system.
- [dash-shell](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dash-shell/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, shell, system.
- [elvish](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/elvish/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, shell, system.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/nushell.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/nushell.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph