# Install parallel with Homebrew

Shell command parallelization utility. Version 20260722 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-22.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:parallel
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install parallel
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:parallel
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 20260722
- **Source summary:** Shell command parallelization utility
- **Homepage:** <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/parallel/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-22T01:06:02Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- env_parallel (alias)
- env_parallel.ash (alias)
- env_parallel.bash (alias)
- env_parallel.csh (alias)
- env_parallel.dash (alias)
- env_parallel.fish (alias)
- env_parallel.ksh (alias)
- env_parallel.mksh (alias)
- env_parallel.pdksh (alias)
- env_parallel.sh (alias)
- env_parallel.tcsh (alias)
- env_parallel.zsh (alias)
- niceload (alias)
- parallel (alias)
- parcat (alias)
- parset (alias)
- parsort (alias)
- sem (alias)
- sql (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 20260722

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- 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

- Unix: /etc/parallel/config, ~/.parallel/config, ~/.parallel/ignored_vars

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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