# autojump mit Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper, scoop installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für autojump in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:autojump
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install autojump
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install autojump
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/autojump/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install autojump
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: autojump from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install autojump
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: autojump from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#autojump
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install autojump
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: autojump from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/autojump
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/autojump.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:autojump
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 22.5.3
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Shell extension to jump to frequently used directories
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/wting/autojump>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/wting/autojump>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-22T14:02:47-07:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- autojump (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 22.5.3
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

autojump is a shell navigation helper that learns frequently visited directories and lets users jump to them with short fuzzy-ish commands. It belongs to the same productivity niche as z, fasd, and later smart-cd tools: small shell glue that changes daily terminal muscle memory.

### Projektgeschichte

The official README says autojump was originally written by Joel Schaerer and is maintained by William Ting. The GitHub repository was created in January 2009 and describes the tool as a cd command that learns from command-line directory usage.

The design is intentionally simple: the tool maintains a database of directories the user has visited, then ranks matches when the user invokes the j wrapper or autojump command.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The README documents first-class support for bash and zsh, first-class support for Linux and OS X, and community support for fish, tcsh, clink, Windows, and BSD. It also states that autojump is included in Debian-derived distributions, RedHat/Fedora/CentOS, ArchLinux, Gentoo, Frugalware, and Slackware, while Homebrew is the recommended OS X installation method.

The GitHub repository has accumulated substantial attention for a shell utility, with thousands of stars and hundreds of forks in the official GitHub metadata. The batch input also lists packaging across Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, and openSUSE.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users visit directories normally first; autojump records that history. The common wrapper j foo jumps to the highest-ranked directory containing foo, while jc, jo, and jco prefer child directories or open file managers instead of changing directories.

The README warns that shell integration matters: for bash, autojump tracks directories by modifying PROMPT_COMMAND, so users should append to that variable rather than overwrite it.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

autojump is package-nerd catnip because it is a small utility whose value comes from shell integration and distribution packaging rather than a large application surface. Its install story shows why package maintainers care about shell completions, profile snippets, platform policies, and per-shell activation instructions.

### Zeitleiste

- 2009: GitHub repository created for wting/autojump.
- 2010s: autojump becomes packaged by major Linux distributions and macOS package managers.
- 2016: README copyright notice lists the Free Software Foundation and GPLv3-or-later licensing text.

### Related projects

- z, fasd, zoxide, and shell-specific directory jumpers solve the same learned-navigation problem.
- clink is referenced by the README for Windows shell support.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/wting/autojump>
- <https://github.com/wting/autojump#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** yellow / mittel
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - autojump - 22.5.1-1.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: autojump from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | shell extension to jump to frequently used directories | https://github.com/wting/autojump
- Nix - autojump: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/au/autojump/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - autojump - 22.5.1-1.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: autojump from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | shell extension to jump to frequently used directories | https://github.com/wting/autojump
- dnf - autojump - 22.5.3-28.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: autojump from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A fast way to navigate your filesystem from the command line | https://github.com/wting/autojump
- dnf - autojump-fish - 22.5.3-28.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: autojump-fish from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Autojump for fish shell | https://github.com/wting/autojump
- dnf - autojump-zsh - 22.5.3-28.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: autojump-zsh from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Autojump for zsh | https://github.com/wting/autojump
- zypper - autojump - 22.5.3-3.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: autojump from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A faster way to navigate the filesystem from a shell | https://github.com/wting/autojump
- MacPorts - autojump: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/autojump/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/autojump: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/autojump.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph