# Install shellz with Homebrew, Nix

Small utility to track and control custom shellz. Version 1.6.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#shellz.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:shellz
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install shellz
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#shellz
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:shellz
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/shellz>
- **Version:** 1.6.0
- **Source summary:** Small utility to track and control custom shellz
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/evilsocket/shellz>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/evilsocket/shellz>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/evilsocket/shellz/archive/refs/tags/v1.6.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T04:03:39+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- shellz (cli)
- shellz (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.6.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-26
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/evilsocket/shellz
- Upstream latest detected: v1.6.0 (current)

## 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

- Unix: ~/.shellz/idents/*.json, ~/.shellz/shells/*.json

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.shellz/idents/*.json
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** shellz
- **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 - shellz: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sh/shellz/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Cloud CLI packages](https://pkg.so/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family.
- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [mosh](https://pkg.so/brew/mosh/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access, remote-shell, ssh.
- [putty](https://pkg.so/brew/putty/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access, ssh, telnet.
- [pssh](https://pkg.so/brew/pssh/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access, ssh.
- [mussh](https://pkg.so/brew/mussh/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access, ssh.
- [c-kermit](https://pkg.so/brew/c-kermit/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, ssh, telnet.
- [sshportal](https://pkg.so/brew/sshportal/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access, ssh, telnet.
- [qodem](https://pkg.so/brew/qodem/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, ssh, telnet.
- [telnet](https://pkg.so/brew/telnet/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access, telnet.
- [shmux](https://pkg.so/brew/shmux/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, networking, remote, shell, ssh.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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