# Install nushell with Homebrew

Modern shell for the GitHub era. Version 0.114.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-11.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:nushell
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nushell
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:nushell
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.114.1
- **Source summary:** Modern shell for the GitHub era
- **Homepage:** <https://www.nushell.sh>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nushell/nushell>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-11T21:38:11Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- nu (alias)
- nu_plugin_custom_values (alias)
- nu_plugin_example (alias)
- nu_plugin_formats (alias)
- nu_plugin_gstat (alias)
- nu_plugin_inc (alias)
- nu_plugin_polars (alias)
- nu_plugin_query (alias)
- nu_plugin_stress_internals (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.114.1
## Project history and usage

Nushell, or Nu, is a Rust-written shell that treats command output as structured data rather than only byte streams of text. It combines Unix pipelines, PowerShell-style structured data, functional-programming ideas, and cross-platform ambitions into a shell whose everyday objects are tables, records, lists, strings, and typed values.

### Project history

The first public introduction was published on August 23, 2019 by Sophia Turner, Yehuda Katz, and Andres Robalino, with Odin Dutton contributing. That post framed Nu as a shell where commands such as `ls`, `ps`, and file readers yield structured data that can be filtered and transformed with common verbs, while external commands remain available through normal process execution.

### Adoption history

Nushell's own November 2019 survey captured the early adoption problem: 160 respondents were impressive for a project only a few months public, but most were not yet using Nu, with maturity, time, documentation, integration, and stability as blockers. By the June 27, 2023 'road to 1.0' post, the project reported its 65th public release, official GitHub syntax highlighting, more than 25,000 GitHub stars, and a release-cadence change from three weeks to four weeks to reduce churn on the way to 1.0.

### How it is used

Nushell users lean on it for interactive data inspection and small automations: loading JSON/TOML/YAML/CSV-like data, sorting and filtering tables, querying process and filesystem data, composing commands, and writing scripts in a shell language that keeps data structured through the pipeline. The repository README points users to the Nushell Book, command reference, cookbook, Discord, package-manager installs, and GitHub Actions setup support.

### Why package nerds care

For package nerds, Nushell is both an end-user shell and a packaging stress test: it is a fast-moving Rust binary with plugins, completions, config files, and cross-platform packaging. Homebrew's formula page listed 50,439 installs over 365 days on July 1, 2026, which is meaningful for an alternative shell that users must actively choose over bash, zsh, fish, or PowerShell.

### Timeline

- 2019-08-23: Nushell is publicly introduced.
- 2019-11-23: First Nushell survey reports 160 responses and early maturity/integration blockers.
- 2023-06-27: Nushell 0.82 is described as the 65th public release and a road-to-1.0 milestone.
- 2026-05-30: GitHub release 0.113.1 is published.

### Related projects

- PowerShell
- bash
- zsh
- fish
- setup-nu

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nushell>
- <https://github.com/nushell/nushell>
- <https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2019-08-23-introducing-nushell.html>
- <https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2019-11-23-nushell-survey-results.html>
- <https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2023-06-27-road-to-1_0.html>


## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Linux: ~/.config/nushell/config.nu, ~/.config/nushell/env.nu, ~/.config/nushell/login.nu
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/nushell/config.nu, ~/Library/Application Support/nushell/env.nu, ~/Library/Application Support/nushell/login.nu
- Windows: %APPDATA%\nushell\config.nu, %APPDATA%\nushell\env.nu, %APPDATA%\nushell\login.nu

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/nushell.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/nushell.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation