# Install zsh-autopair with Homebrew, Nix

Auto-close and delete matching delimiters in zsh. Version 1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#zsh-autopair.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:zsh-autopair
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install zsh-autopair
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#zsh-autopair
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:zsh-autopair
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/zsh-autopair>
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Source summary:** Auto-close and delete matching delimiters in zsh
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/hlissner/zsh-autopair>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/hlissner/zsh-autopair>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/hlissner/zsh-autopair/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: To activate autopair, add the following at the end of your .zshrc: source $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/zsh-autopair/autopair.zsh You will also need to restart your terminal for this change to take effect.
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/hlissner/zsh-autopair
- Upstream latest detected: v1.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for zsh-autopair. 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:** zsh-autopair
- **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 - zsh-autopair: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/zs/zsh-autopair/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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