# Install zinit with Homebrew, Nix

Flexible and fast Zsh plugin manager. Version 3.15.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-01. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#zinit.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:zinit
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install zinit
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#zinit
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:zinit
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/zinit>
- **Version:** 3.15.0
- **Source summary:** Flexible and fast Zsh plugin manager
- **Homepage:** <https://zdharma-continuum.github.io/zinit/wiki/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://zdharma-continuum.github.io/zinit/wiki/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit/archive/refs/tags/v3.15.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-01T04:08:11Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Uses from macOS

- zsh

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: To activate zinit, add the following to your ~/.zshrc: source $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/zinit/zinit.zsh
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.15.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-01
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit
- Upstream latest detected: v3.15.0 (current)

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for zinit. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

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


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