Is shellcheck still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change 3 days ago. Latest release v0.11.0, 1.3 years ago.

Can I trust shellcheck?

Widely used. 40k stars, 13 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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koalaman/shellcheck

ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts

Haskell#bash#developer-tools#haskell#linter

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (GPL-3.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change 3 days ago. Latest release v0.11.0, 1.3 years ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used40k stars, 13 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 40,322
Activity: Updated this month

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Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

A ready-made macOS download is in the latest release.

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Website ↗shellcheck.netThe project's own site.

Download for macOS

Stable version v0.11.0 · 8/4/2025 ↗

shellcheck-v0.11.0.darwin.aarch64.tar.gz

tar.gz · Apple Silicon · 11.4 MB · 207,325 downloads · best match

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). If macOS blocks it: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>

curl -LO "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.11.0/shellcheck-v0.11.0.darwin.aarch64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "shellcheck-v0.11.0.darwin.aarch64.tar.gz"

Other macOS downloads (3)

shellcheck-v0.11.0.darwin.aarch64.tar.xz

tar.xz · Apple Silicon · 7.2 MB · 835,093 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). If macOS blocks it: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>

curl -LO "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.11.0/shellcheck-v0.11.0.darwin.aarch64.tar.xz"
tar -xJf "shellcheck-v0.11.0.darwin.aarch64.tar.xz"

shellcheck-v0.11.0.darwin.x86_64.tar.gz

tar.gz · Intel · 6.7 MB · 12,518 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). If macOS blocks it: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>

curl -LO "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.11.0/shellcheck-v0.11.0.darwin.x86_64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "shellcheck-v0.11.0.darwin.x86_64.tar.gz"

shellcheck-v0.11.0.darwin.x86_64.tar.xz

tar.xz · Intel · 4.4 MB · 121,011 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). If macOS blocks it: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>

curl -LO "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.11.0/shellcheck-v0.11.0.darwin.x86_64.tar.xz"
tar -xJf "shellcheck-v0.11.0.darwin.x86_64.tar.xz"

Run it with Docker

A self-hosted app: Docker runs it on your computer and you open it in the browser. Needs Docker Desktop (or Docker Engine on Linux). Run docker compose commands inside the cloned repo folder.

Docker

docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/mnt" koalaman/shellcheck:stable myscript

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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