# Install sexpect with Homebrew

Expect for shells. Version 2.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-15.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sexpect
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sexpect
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sexpect
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.4.0
- **Source summary:** Expect for shells
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/clarkwang/sexpect>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/clarkwang/sexpect>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-15T21:00:12Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- sexpect (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.4.0

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

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


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation