# Installer nsh avec Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de nsh pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:nsh
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nsh
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install nsh
```

  Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: shells/nsh/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add nsh
```

  Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nsh from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#nsh
```

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

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:nsh
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.4.2
- **Résumé source:** Fish-like, POSIX-compatible shell
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://github.com/nuta/nsh>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/nuta/nsh>
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- nsh (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 0.4.2
## Historique du projet et usages

nsh is a Rust command-line shell that aims to combine fish-like interactive convenience with POSIX-compatible shell syntax and some Bash extensions. Its README lists tab completion, syntax highlighting, Bash completion support by invoking Bash internally, and zero-configuration interactive features.

### Historique du projet

The GitHub repository was created on October 5, 2018, and the crates.io package was created on December 19, 2018. A Rust users forum announcement from December 17, 2018 framed the motivation as wanting fish-like out-of-the-box features while keeping traditional shell syntax and Bash scripting features.

### Historique d'adoption

nsh is an experimental/alpha shell rather than a mainstream login shell. The README explicitly asks for help to make it practical for daily use and notes missing Bash features and likely bugs. Still, it drew developer interest: the GitHub repository had about 963 stars when queried on 2026-07-01, crates.io reported 33,186 total downloads and 20 versions, and Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Alpine package it.

### Modes d'utilisation

Package users try it as an interactive shell with `nsh`, often via `cargo install nsh` or `brew install nsh`, to get completions and highlighting without adopting fish's non-POSIX language. The realistic usage is experimentation or personal shell sessions, not relying on it as `/bin/sh` for production scripts.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

nsh sits in the recurring shell-design niche: keep Bourne/POSIX familiarity, borrow fish's interactive ergonomics, and implement it in Rust. For package catalogs it is best described as an interesting alternative shell with modest packaging footprint and alpha-stage caveats.

### Chronologie

- 2018-10-05: GitHub repository created.
- 2018-12-17: author announced nsh on users.rust-lang.org.
- 2018-12-19: crates.io package created.
- 2021-07-21: crates.io metadata updated to version 0.4.2.
- 2023-02-11: GitHub repository pushed timestamp observed by API query.

### Sources

- <https://crates.io/crates/nsh>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/nsh.json>
- <https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/shells/nsh/Portfile>
- <https://github.com/nuta/nsh>
- <https://users.rust-lang.org/t/nsh-a-command-line-shell-like-fish-but-aims-to-be-compatible-with-bash/23312>


## Notes de sécurité

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Risque Geiger:** yellow / moyen
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Nix - nsh: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ns/nsh/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - nsh - 0.4.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nsh from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A command-line shell like fish, but POSIX compatible | https://github.com/nuta/nsh
- apk - nsh-dbg - 0.4.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nsh-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A command-line shell like fish, but POSIX compatible (debug symbols) | https://github.com/nuta/nsh
- MacPorts - nsh: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: shells/nsh/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- 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