zsh
Install command:
brew install zshUNIX shell (command interpreter)
License: MIT-Modern-Variant AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND ISC
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/zsh.json
Formula code: zsh.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 | ✅ | 5.9.2 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| ncurses | 6.6 | Text-based UI library |
| pcre2 | 10.49 | Perl compatible regular expressions library with a new API |
Depends on when building from source:
| texinfo | 7.3 | Official documentation format of the GNU project |
Binaries:
zsh,
zsh-5.9.2
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 70,985 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 4,337,922 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 26,971 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 2.6× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-14T00:21:05Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-15 to 2026-11-14. 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 | 26,964 | 62,444 | 215,753 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 7 | 39 | 247 |
| Installs on Request | 26,315 | 60,643 | 209,744 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 7 | 39 | 247 |
| Build Errors | 2 | ||
Build Errors (--HEAD) | 1 |