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maven-shell for Mac

Shell for Maven

Quick answer: maven-shell is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install maven-shell. It is distributed under the EPL-1.0 licence. It has 11 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What maven-shell is

maven-shell is a terminal emulator for macOS: shell for Maven.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/jdillon/mvnsh.

How to install maven-shell

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install maven-shell.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install maven-shell on Mac?

Run brew install maven-shell in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is maven-shell open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the EPL-1.0 licence.

Does maven-shell run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is maven-shell?

It was installed 11 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #7946 in this catalogue.

What version of maven-shell is current?

The latest packaged version is 1.1.0.