shellcheck
Install command:
brew install shellcheckStatic analysis and lint tool, for (ba)sh scripts
License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/shellcheck.json
Formula code: shellcheck.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| macOS on Intel |
sonoma | ✅ |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 0.11.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| gmp | 6.3.0 | GNU multiple precision arithmetic library |
Depends on when building from source:
| cabal-install | 3.18.2.0 | Command-line interface for Cabal and Hackage |
| ghc | 9.14.1 | Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System |
| pandoc | 3.13 | Swiss-army knife of markup format conversion |
Uses from macOS: libffi
Binaries:
shellcheck
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 411,942 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 5,837,828 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 39,660 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 10.4× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-12T00:51:34Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-13 to 2026-11-12. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 39,654 | 92,330 | 293,228 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 6 | 35 | 119 |
| Installs on Request | 29,689 | 72,100 | 178,755 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 6 | 35 | 119 |
| Build Errors | 0 |