# Install posh with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts

Policy-compliant ordinary shell. Version 0.14.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install posh.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:posh
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install posh
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install posh
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install posh
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: posh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:posh
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.14.5
- **Source summary:** Policy-compliant ordinary shell
- **Homepage:** <https://salsa.debian.org/clint/posh>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- posh (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.14.5

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - posh - 0.14.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: posh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Policy-compliant Ordinary SHell
- Ubuntu apt - posh - 0.14.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: posh from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Policy-compliant Ordinary SHell
- MacPorts - posh: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: shells/posh/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/posh.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/posh.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph