# 使用 Homebrew, zypper 安装 homeshick

查看 homeshick 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:homeshick
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install homeshick
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install homeshick
```

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

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:homeshick
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 2.0.1
- **来源摘要:** Git dotfiles synchronizer written in bash
- **主页:** <https://github.com/andsens/homeshick>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/andsens/homeshick>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- homeshick (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 2.0.1
## 项目历史与用法

homeshick is a Bash and Git based dotfile synchronizer. It stores dotfile repositories under ~/.homesick, calls each managed repository a castle, and symlinks files from a castle's home directory into the user's home directory.

### 项目历史

Repository history starts with an initial import in April 2012 and an early commit saying homeshick was mimicking homesick as closely as possible. That ancestry is visible in the naming and model: homesick popularized the idea that a home-directory repository is a castle, and homeshick reimplemented the workflow as shell scripts rather than Ruby.

The README presents the core motivation in Unix terms: configuration files define a user's working environment, and Git lets those settings travel between machines. The project stayed intentionally lightweight, requiring Bash 3 and Git 1.5, and offering shell integration for sh-like shells, csh variants, and fish.

### 采用历史

homeshick became recognizable in dotfile-manager circles because it fit the common package-nerd desire to bootstrap a working shell environment on a bare machine. Its README explicitly says it installs into the user's home directory without root privileges, while the wiki documents Homebrew installation, commands, symlinking, packages, testing, and automated deployment.

Its GitHub project shows a substantial niche audience for a dotfile manager, with thousands of stars and more than a hundred forks. Tags show release milestones at 1.0.0 in 2015, v1.1.0 in 2018, v2.0.0 in 2020, and v2.0.1 in 2023.

### 使用方式

A typical install clones homeshick into $HOME/.homesick/repos/homeshick, sources the appropriate shell integration file, then uses commands documented in the wiki to clone, link, pull, track, refresh, and manage castles. The wiki explains that on the simplest level homeshick symlinks files and folders from managed repositories into the home directory.

The castle model is useful for splitting personal dotfiles, shell frameworks, editor configuration, and plugin collections into separate Git repositories. The README explicitly names oh-my-zsh, Emacs plugins, and Vim plugins as examples of larger frameworks or customizations that can be managed alongside personal settings.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

homeshick is package-nerd significant because it lives at the intersection of dotfiles, Git, shell startup files, and reproducible personal environments. It is the sort of tool people install before anything else on a new machine so their editor, shell, aliases, and package-manager preferences can follow.

It also has the classic dotfile-tool tradeoff: very little machinery, but high trust. A symlink manager can make a workstation feel instantly familiar, and it can also overwrite or expose important files if used carelessly, which is why its wiki and package behavior matter.

### 时间线

- 2012: Repository history begins with an initial import.
- 2012: Early history records intent to mimic homesick closely.
- 2015: homeshick 1.0.0 tag appears.
- 2018: v1.1.0 tag appears.
- 2020: v2.0.0 tag appears.
- 2023: v2.0.1 tag appears.

### Related projects

- homesick is the closest related project because early homeshick history explicitly says it was mimicking homesick and both use the castle terminology for dotfile repositories. oh-my-zsh, Emacs plugin repositories, and Vim plugin repositories are related as common payloads a user might manage with homeshick.

### 来源

- <https://github.com/andsens/homeshick/tags - official tag history.>
- <https://github.com/andsens/homeshick/wiki - official wiki for how it works, commands, packages, symlinking, and tutorials.>
- <https://github.com/technicalpickles/homesick - related upstream-style project for castle terminology and dotfile lineage.>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andsens/homeshick/master/README.md - official README for motivation, requirements, install model, and shell integration.>


## 安全说明

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger 风险:** blue / 中
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- zypper - homeshick - 2.0.1-1.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: homeshick from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Dotfile synchronizer based on Git and Bash | https://github.com/andsens/homeshick


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

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