# Install shadowenv with Homebrew, Nix

Reversible directory-local environment variable manipulations. Version 3.5.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#shadowenv.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:shadowenv
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install shadowenv
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#shadowenv
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:shadowenv
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.5.1
- **Source summary:** Reversible directory-local environment variable manipulations
- **Homepage:** <https://shopify.github.io/shadowenv/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Shopify/shadowenv>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T08:53:58Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- shadowenv (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.5.1

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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: .shadowenv.d/*.lisp
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - shadowenv: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sh/shadowenv/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/shadowenv.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/shadowenv.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