# Install sheldon with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman, zypper

Fast, configurable, shell plugin manager. Version 0.8.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#sheldon.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sheldon
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sheldon
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add sheldon
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sheldon from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#sheldon
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S sheldon
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: sheldon from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install sheldon
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: sheldon from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sheldon
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.8.5
- **Source summary:** Fast, configurable, shell plugin manager
- **Homepage:** <https://sheldon.cli.rs>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rossmacarthur/sheldon>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:16-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- sheldon (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.8.5

## 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

- Unix: ~/.config/sheldon/plugins.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - sheldon: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sh/sheldon/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - sheldon - 0.8.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sheldon from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast, configurable, shell plugin manager | https://github.com/rossmacarthur/sheldon
- apk - sheldon-bash-completion - 0.8.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sheldon-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for sheldon | https://github.com/rossmacarthur/sheldon
- apk - sheldon-zsh-completion - 0.8.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sheldon-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for sheldon | https://github.com/rossmacarthur/sheldon
- pacman - sheldon - 0.8.5-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: sheldon from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A fast and configurable shell plugin manager | https://sheldon.cli.rs
- zypper - sheldon - 0.8.5-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: sheldon from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Fast, configurable, shell plugin manager | https://sheldon.cli.rs/
- zypper - sheldon-bash-completion - 0.8.5-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: sheldon-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Bash completion for sheldon | https://sheldon.cli.rs/
- zypper - sheldon-zsh-completion - 0.8.5-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: sheldon-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | ZSH completion for sheldon | https://sheldon.cli.rs/


## Combined YAML source

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