26 Unix tools. One binary. Zero dependencies. · the missing coreutils for AI pipelines · vrk mcp - expose all 26 tools to any AI agent · brew install vrk - ready in 5 seconds · 26 Unix tools. One binary. Zero dependencies. · the missing coreutils for AI pipelines · vrk mcp - expose all 26 tools to any AI agent · brew install vrk - ready in 5 seconds

Install

Homebrew (macOS and Linux)

brew install vrksh/homebrew-vrksh/vrk

The tap is vrksh/homebrew-vrksh. Homebrew handles updates automatically.

Verify the install:

vrk --manifest | head -1

go install

go install github.com/vrksh/vrksh@latest

Requires Go 1.25+. The binary lands in $GOPATH/bin/vrk.

Shell script (CI and ephemeral environments)

curl -fsSL vrk.sh/install.sh | sh

The script detects your OS and architecture, downloads the right binary, verifies the SHA256 checksum, and installs to /usr/local/bin/vrk (or ~/.local/bin/vrk if /usr/local/bin is not writable).

For environments where you want the agent onboarding block printed after install:

curl -fsSL vrk.sh/agent.sh | sh

Shell completions

Bash

vrk completions bash > ~/.bash_completion.d/vrk
source ~/.bash_completion.d/vrk

Zsh

vrk completions zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_vrk"
exec zsh

Fish

vrk completions fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/vrk.fish

Verify

vrk --manifest | jq '.tools | length'

26

Uninstall

Homebrew:

brew uninstall vrk

Manual:

rm $(which vrk)

If you used vrk --bare to create symlinks, remove them first:

vrk --bare --remove
rm $(which vrk)

Platform note

vrksh is a single static binary - no runtime dependencies, no CGO. It runs anywhere Go cross-compiles to: Linux (amd64, arm64) and macOS (amd64, arm64). Windows is not currently supported.