Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.11 or later
• uv — used both to install exsh and to manage dev dependencies

Install as a tool

The recommended way is to install exsh as a uv tool so it is available system-wide:

uv tool install git+https://github.com/ambs/exist-shell

Verify the installation:

exsh --version

Upgrade

uv tool upgrade exist-shell

Uninstall

uv tool uninstall exist-shell

Install from a local clone

If you want to develop or test from source:

git clone https://github.com/ambs/exist-shell
cd exist-shell
uv sync

The exsh command is then available inside the project's virtual environment:

.venv/bin/exsh --help

Or activate the environment first:

source .venv/bin/activate
exsh --help