install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install qshell

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id tea4go.QShell -e

Windows Package Manager source index · tea4go.QShell · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Shell Tools for Qiniu Cloud

Project links

Commands and aliases

qshell

history

Project history and usage

qshell is Qiniu's Go-based command-line toolkit for testing and operating Qiniu Cloud APIs, particularly object storage and CDN services.

Project history

Qiniu created qshell as a developer-oriented command-line interface over its public cloud APIs. The project grew to cover frequently used Qiniu Object Storage, CDN, media-processing, signing, and troubleshooting operations.

Adoption history

Qiniu distributes precompiled binaries for major operating systems, while qshell is also available through package managers including Homebrew and WinGet. Its cross-platform Go implementation makes it convenient to package as a single command-line executable.

How it is used

Users register an AccessKey, SecretKey, and account name with `qshell account`, then use storage, transfer, CDN, media-processing, signing, and utility subcommands. Credentials may instead be supplied in JSON configuration or, for supported commands, through command-line options.

Global JSON configuration is read from `~/.qshell.json`; account-specific configuration under `~/.qshell/users/<account-name>/.qshell.json` takes precedence. Because these files can contain `access_key` and `secret_key`, they should be treated as credential-bearing files.

Why package nerds care

qshell is notable to package users as a vendor-maintained cloud CLI that combines storage and CDN operations, bulk transfer commands, account switching, diagnostics, and small encoding utilities in one binary.

Timeline

Before 2.3.0: Account records used an older format that later required cleanup and recreation.
2.7.0: Built-in detailed command documentation became available.
2.10.0: Setting an expiration period to zero again meant cancelling expiration.

Related projects

Qiniu Object Storage and CDN services are the principal services operated through qshell.
The tool uses Qiniu's public APIs and complements Qiniu's language SDKs.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

generalized runtime or code generation signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

generalized runtime or code generation signal
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

text:cloud
text:shell

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build 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: ~/.qshell.json~/.qshell/users/<account>/.qshell.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.qshell.json~/.qshell/users/<account>/.qshell.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`qshell`	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 version2.19.13

manager updated2026-09-11

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.19.12

https://github.com/qiniu/qshell

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:qshell
Version	2.19.13
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/qshell
Homepage	https://github.com/qiniu/qshell
Repository	https://github.com/qiniu/qshell
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/qiniu/qshell/archive/refs/tags/v2.19.12.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-11T11:03:57Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
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	qshell
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head 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.

winget95%

tea4go.QShell

winget install --id tea4go.QShell -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Qshell

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: tea4go.QShell from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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/qshell.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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