# Install psysh with Homebrew, Nix

Runtime developer console, interactive debugger and REPL for PHP. Version 0.12.24 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-29. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#psysh.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:psysh
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install psysh
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#psysh
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:psysh
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.12.24
- **Source summary:** Runtime developer console, interactive debugger and REPL for PHP
- **Homepage:** <https://psysh.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bobthecow/psysh>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-29T16:31:00Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- psysh (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.12.24

## Security Notes

escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** red / medium
- escape, surveillance, or offensive capability 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: ~/.config/psysh/config.php, .psysh.php
- Windows: C:\Users\{USER}\AppData\Roaming\PsySH\config.php
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - psysh: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ps/psysh/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/psysh.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/psysh.yml)


## Sources

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