# Install powershell with Homebrew

Command-line shell and scripting language. Version 7.6.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-21.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:powershell
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install powershell
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:powershell
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 7.6.4
- **Source summary:** Command-line shell and scripting language
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-21T00:23:58Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- pwsh (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 7.6.4

## 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/powershell/profile.ps1, ~/.config/powershell/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
- macOS: ~/.config/powershell/profile.ps1, ~/.config/powershell/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
- Windows: $HOME\Documents\PowerShell\Profile.ps1, $HOME\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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