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Install mongosh with Homebrew
MongoDB Shell to connect, configure, query, and work with your MongoDB database. Version 2.9.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-20.
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overview
Package summary
MongoDB Shell to connect, configure, query, and work with your MongoDB database
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mongosh
history
Project history and usage
mongosh is the MongoDB Shell, MongoDB's modern JavaScript and Node.js REPL for interacting with MongoDB deployments in Atlas, local installations, or remote hosts. MongoDB introduced the first preview on 2020-06-08 after deciding that extending the legacy mongo shell was not the right path for a growing MongoDB platform.
Project history
The redesign focused on a shell that could be extensible, embeddable in other products, and easier to use in terminals. The public changelog records mongosh v1.0 on 2021-07-09, after a preview series that added features such as transactions support, AWS IAM authentication, script loading, --eval, .mongoshrc.js customization, MongoDB 5.0 support, Stable API-aware autocomplete, and snippets. The GitHub repository is a monorepo for shell components across REPL, browser, Compass, and related environments.
How it is used
Users run mongosh to test queries, inspect and change data, configure settings, and script database operations with shell helpers on top of the MongoDB driver. MongoDB distributes it as an Apache-2.0 standalone product separate from the MongoDB Server, and package managers such as Homebrew, Nix, and Scoop make it available independently from server releases.
Sources
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mongosh
- https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongosh
- https://www.mongodb.com/company/blog/product-release-announcement/introducing-the-new-shell
- https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell/
- https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell/changelog/
- https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/shell
security posture
Risk level: yellow
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.
Risk classifier
yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
Signals
- text:database
- text:shell
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mongosh | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version2.9.2
manager updated2026-07-20
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mongosh |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.9.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/shell |
| Last updated | 2026-07-20T13:51:29-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation