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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 Linux?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

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

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗shellcheck.netThe project's own site.

Download for Linux

Stable version v0.11.0 · 8/4/2025 ↗

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

tar.gz · x64 · 3.8 MB · 1,956,218 downloads · best match

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

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

Other Linux downloads (7)

shellcheck-v0.11.0.linux.riscv64.tar.gz

tar.gz · 15.1 MB · 540 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.11.0/shellcheck-v0.11.0.linux.riscv64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "shellcheck-v0.11.0.linux.riscv64.tar.gz"

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

tar.xz · x64 · 2.6 MB · 12,212,323 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

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

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

tar.gz · ARM64 · 11.7 MB · 233,584 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

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

shellcheck-v0.11.0.linux.riscv64.tar.xz

tar.xz · 9.3 MB · 8,956 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.11.0/shellcheck-v0.11.0.linux.riscv64.tar.xz"
tar -xJf "shellcheck-v0.11.0.linux.riscv64.tar.xz"

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

tar.xz · ARM64 · 6.8 MB · 2,884,071 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

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

shellcheck-v0.11.0.linux.armv6hf.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARMv7 · 10.1 MB · 903 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.11.0/shellcheck-v0.11.0.linux.armv6hf.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "shellcheck-v0.11.0.linux.armv6hf.tar.gz"

shellcheck-v0.11.0.linux.armv6hf.tar.xz

tar.xz · ARMv7 · 5.9 MB · 13,971 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.11.0/shellcheck-v0.11.0.linux.armv6hf.tar.xz"
tar -xJf "shellcheck-v0.11.0.linux.armv6hf.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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