# Install shadowenv with Homebrew, Nix

Reversible directory-local environment variable manipulations. Version 3.5.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:shadowenv
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install shadowenv
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#shadowenv
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:shadowenv
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/shadowenv>
- **Version:** 3.5.1
- **Source summary:** Reversible directory-local environment variable manipulations
- **Homepage:** <https://shopify.github.io/shadowenv/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Shopify/shadowenv>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://shopify.github.io/shadowenv>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/Shopify/shadowenv/archive/refs/tags/3.5.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T08:53:58Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- shadowenv (cli)
- shadowenv (alias)

## Build dependencies

- rust

## 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: 3.5.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/Shopify/shadowenv
- Upstream latest detected: 3.5.1 (current)

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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

- Unix: .shadowenv.d/*.lisp
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** shadowenv
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - shadowenv: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sh/shadowenv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/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.
- [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.
- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [direnv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/direnv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, environment-management, environment-variables, shell.
- [modules](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/modules/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, environment-management, shell.
- [virtualenvwrapper](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/virtualenvwrapper/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, environment-management, shell.
- [envv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/envv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, environment-variables, shell.
- [fades](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fades/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, environment-management.
- [hermit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hermit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, environment-management.
- [pyenv-pip-migrate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pyenv-pip-migrate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, environment-management.
- [pyenv-virtualenv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pyenv-virtualenv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, environment-management.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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