# Install shellinabox with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts

Export command-line tools to web based terminal emulator. Version 2.21 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-12. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install shellinabox.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:shellinabox
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install shellinabox
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install shellinabox
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/shellinabox/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add shellinabox
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install shellinabox
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: shellinabox from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install shellinabox
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: shellinabox from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:shellinabox
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.21
- **Source summary:** Export command-line tools to web based terminal emulator
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12T23:29:50+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- shellinaboxd (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.21

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - shellinabox - 2.21+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: shellinabox from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | publish command line shell through AJAX interface | http://shellinabox.com
- Ubuntu apt - shellinabox - 2.21build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: shellinabox from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | publish command line shell through AJAX interface | http://shellinabox.com
- apk - shellinabox - 2.21-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: shellinabox from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Implementation of a web server that can export arbitrary command line tools to a web based terminal emulator | https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox
- apk - shellinabox-doc - 2.21-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: shellinabox-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Implementation of a web server that can export arbitrary command line tools to a web based terminal emulator (documentation) | https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox
- apk - shellinabox-openrc - 2.21-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: shellinabox-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Implementation of a web server that can export arbitrary command line tools to a web based terminal emulator (OpenRC init scripts) | https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox
- dnf - shellinabox - 2.20-30.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: shellinabox from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Web based AJAX terminal emulator | https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox
- MacPorts - shellinabox: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/shellinabox/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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