# Install s-search with Homebrew, Nix, scoop

Web search from the terminal. Version 0.8.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#s-search.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:s-search
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install s-search
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#s-search
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/s
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:s-search
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/s-search>
- **Version:** 0.8.1
- **Source summary:** Web search from the terminal
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/zquestz/s>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/zquestz/s>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/zquestz/s/archive/refs/tags/v0.8.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T04:14:37Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- s (cli)
- s (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## 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: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.8.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-27
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/zquestz/s
- Upstream latest detected: v0.8.1 (current)

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** s-search
- **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 - s-search: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/s-/s-search/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/s: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/s.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [mairix](https://pkg.so/brew/mairix/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity, search.
- [tmux](https://pkg.so/brew/tmux/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [vim](https://pkg.so/brew/vim/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [yazi](https://pkg.so/brew/yazi/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [midnight-commander](https://pkg.so/brew/midnight-commander/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [mutt](https://pkg.so/brew/mutt/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [superfile](https://pkg.so/brew/superfile/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [lf](https://pkg.so/brew/lf/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [alot](https://pkg.so/brew/alot/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [arttime](https://pkg.so/brew/arttime/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, productivity, terminal.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/s-search.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/s-search.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph