install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install plowshare

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#plowshare

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/pl/plowshare/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install plowshare

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · plowshare · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Download/upload tool for popular file sharing websites

Project links

Commands and aliases

plowdel
plowdown
plowlist
plowmod
plowprobe
plowup

history

Project history and usage

Plowshare is a modular Bash command-line engine for downloading, uploading, deleting, listing, and probing content on file-sharing websites.

Project history

The project developed a Bash-based command suite and engine for file-sharing sites. The core intentionally contains no site implementations; separately installed modules provide support for individual hosters through the Plowshare API.

Adoption history

Plowshare's Bash-and-cURL implementation targeted portable Unix-like systems, including small or embedded environments. Its core-and-modules architecture allowed host-specific support to evolve independently from the main command suite.

How it is used

Users invoke plowdown, plowup, plowdel, plowlist, and plowprobe for file-hosting operations, and plowmod to install or update site modules. Options and per-hoster credentials may be stored in the configuration file; cached session tokens or cookies are written beneath the user storage directory.

Why package nerds care

Plowshare is characteristic of an era when file-hosting services exposed inconsistent web workflows rather than stable APIs. Package users received a scriptable Unix abstraction—download, upload, list, probe, and delete—over a changing ecosystem of host-specific modules.

Timeline

The official repository preserves the project's development history but its README does not state a founding or first-release date.

Related projects

Its primary runtime foundations are Bash and cURL. The plowmod utility manages the separately distributed hoster modules, while external captcha-solving services can be integrated through configuration or helper programs.

Sources

https://github.com/mcrapet/plowshare#readme

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:download,upload

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 7 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.config/plowshare/plowshare.conf

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.config/plowshare/plowshare.conf

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`plowdel`	cli	global executable
`plowdown`	cli	global executable
`plowlist`	cli	global executable
`plowmod`	cli	global executable
`plowprobe`	cli	global executable
`plowup`	cli	global executable

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 generated2026-09-19

manager version2.1.7

manager updated2026-09-13

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.1.7

https://github.com/mcrapet/plowshare

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:plowshare
Version	2.1.7
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/plowshare
Homepage	https://github.com/mcrapet/plowshare
Repository	https://github.com/mcrapet/plowshare
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/mcrapet/plowshare/archive/refs/tags/v2.1.7.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-13T11:48:01Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	bash, coreutils, feh, gnu-sed, libcaca, recode, spidermonkey
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	plowshare
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

plowshare

nix profile install nixpkgs#plowshare

normalized package name match
Matched by: Plowshare

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

zypper95%

plowshare 2.1.7-3.6

Download and upload files from file-sharing websites

https://github.com/mcrapet/plowshare

sudo zypper install plowshare

License: GPL-3.0+
Category: Productivity/Networking/Web/Utilities
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: plowshare
4 dependencies
3 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Plowshare

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: plowshare from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/plowshare.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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