# Install zsh-history-enquirer with Homebrew

Zsh plugin that enhances history search interaction. Version 1.3.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-17.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:zsh-history-enquirer
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install zsh-history-enquirer
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:zsh-history-enquirer
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.3.2
- **Source summary:** Zsh plugin that enhances history search interaction
- **Homepage:** <https://zsh-history-enquirer.zthxxx.me>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-17T10:00:18Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- zsh-history-enquirer (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.3.2
## Project history and usage

zsh-history-enquirer is a Zsh plugin that replaces the plain reverse-history-search experience with an interactive TypeScript-powered history browser. It targets users who live in shell history and want filtering, selection, and richer display inside Zsh.

### Project history

The public repository was created on 2019-09-18 by zthxxx. Its README describes the package as a plugin for Zsh history search that enhances interaction, and the project ships both plugin integration and a `zsh-history-enquirer` executable.

The project belongs to the wave of post-Oh-My-Zsh shell plugins that treat shell history as an interactive UI surface. Rather than changing Zsh itself, it composes with Zsh key bindings and startup files such as `.zshrc`.

### Adoption history

Adoption is niche: the GitHub project and Homebrew formula make it discoverable, but it serves a focused audience of Zsh users who want a history picker instead of the default incremental search. Its official documentation site and README are the main adoption surfaces.

Because it is packaged as a command and a shell plugin, Homebrew distribution reduces the friction of installing the JavaScript/TypeScript implementation into an otherwise shell-native workflow.

### How it is used

Users install the package, source or configure the plugin from their `.zshrc`, and bind it into their interactive Zsh history-search workflow. The package's purpose is not batch scripting; it is faster recall of previous commands during an interactive shell session.

The practical value is strongest for developers with long histories, repeated project commands, and many near-duplicate invocations where plain Ctrl-R search becomes awkward.

### Why package nerds care

zsh-history-enquirer is a tidy example of a modern shell plugin packaged outside the traditional shell-plugin managers. It bridges Zsh startup-file culture, Node/TypeScript tooling, and a normal system package manager.

For package catalogs, it is useful evidence that 'shell tooling' now includes interactive terminal widgets and plugin commands, not only POSIX-style filters.

### Timeline

- 2019-09-18: The zthxxx/zsh-history-enquirer GitHub repository is created.
- 2020s: The project is distributed with a dedicated documentation site and package-manager formula for Homebrew.
- 2026: The repository remains active, with recent pushes in 2026 according to GitHub metadata.

### Related projects

- Related projects include Zsh, Oh My Zsh, zsh-history-substring-search, fzf, fzf-tab, atuin, and other interactive shell-history tools.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/zthxxx/zsh-history-enquirer>
- <https://github.com/zthxxx/zsh-history-enquirer>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zthxxx/zsh-history-enquirer/master/README.md>
- <https://zsh-history-enquirer.zthxxx.me/>


## 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

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## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.zshrc

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph