brew / rank 5907

Install nu with Homebrew, MacPorts, dnf, scoop, winget, Nix

Object-oriented, Lisp-like programming language. Version 2.3.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-13. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install nushell.

Install command Security notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install nu

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install nu

MacPorts ports tree · devel/nu/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install nushell

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

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#nufmt

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

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/nu

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

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id Nushell.Nushell -e

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

overview

Package summary

Object-oriented, Lisp-like programming language

Project links

Commands and aliases

nubake
nudoc
nufmt
nuke
nush
nutemplate
nutest
nutmbundle

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:programming language

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`nubake`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`nudoc`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`nufmt`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`nuke`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`nush`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`nutemplate`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`nutest`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`nutmbundle`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

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 generated2026-11-04

manager version2.3.0

manager updated2026-09-13

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:nu
Version	2.3.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://programming.nu/
Repository	https://github.com/programming-nu/nu
Upstream docs	https://programming.nu/
Source archive	https://github.com/programming-nu/nu/archive/refs/tags/v2.3.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-13T18:46:06Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

dnf95%

nushell 0.99.1-8.fc46

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
8 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nu

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/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

nu

sudo port install nu

normalized package name match
Matched by: Nu

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

Scoop95%

main/nu

scoop install main/nu

normalized package name match
Matched by: Nu

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

winget95%

Nushell.Nushell

winget install --id Nushell.Nushell -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Nu

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

Nix92%

nufmt

nix profile install nixpkgs#nufmt

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Nufmt

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

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.

Used sources

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