# Install shellspec with Homebrew

BDD unit testing framework for dash, bash, ksh, zsh and all POSIX shells. Version 0.28.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:shellspec
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install shellspec
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:shellspec
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.28.1
- **Source summary:** BDD unit testing framework for dash, bash, ksh, zsh and all POSIX shells
- **Homepage:** <https://shellspec.info/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/shellspec/shellspec>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- shellspec (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.28.1

## 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: <project-root>/.shellspec

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- pkgdb category and tag curation