# ShellCheck changelog

> Static analysis for shell scripts, catching common bugs.

- Vendor: ShellCheck
- Category: Developer Tools
- Official site: https://www.shellcheck.net
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shellcheck)
- Harvested from: GitHub (koalaman/shellcheck)
- Entries below: 10 (newest first)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

## Releases

### v0.11.0 — Stable version v0.11.0

- Date: 2025-08-04
- Version: v0.11.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/tag/v0.11.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shellcheck/releases/v0.11.0

This release is dedicated to Satisfactory, even though my giant
3D ball of rat's nest conveyor belt spaghetti is anything but.

  CHANGELOG

  ## v0.11.0 - 2025-08-03
  ### Added
  - SC2327/SC2328: Warn about capturing the output of redirected commands.
  - SC2329: Warn when (non-escaping) functions are never invoked.
  - SC2330: Warn about unsupported glob matches with [[ .. ]] in BusyBox.
  - SC2331: Suggest using standard -e instead of unary -a in tests.
  - SC2332: Warn about `[ ! -o opt ]` being unconditionally true in Bash.
  - SC3062: Warn about bashism `[ -o opt ]`.
  - Optional `avoid-negated-conditions`: suggest replacing `[ ! a -eq b ]`
    with `[ a -ne b ]`, and similar for -ge/-lt/=/!=/etc (SC2335).
  - Precompiled binaries for Linux riscv64 (linux.riscv64)

  ### Changed
  - SC2002 about Useless Use Of Cat is now disabled by default. It can be
    re-enabled with `--enable=useless-use-of-cat` or equivalent directive.
  - SC2236/SC2237 about replacing `[ ! -n .. ]` with `[ -z ]` and vice versa
    is now optional under `avoid-negated-conditions`.
  - SC2015 about `A && B || C` no longer triggers when B is a test command.
  - SC3012: Do not warn about `\<` and `\>` in test/[] as specified in POSIX.1-2024
  - Diff output now uses / as path separator on Windows

  ### Fixed
  - SC2218 about function use-before-define is now more accurate.
  - SC2317 about unreachable commands is now less spammy for nested ones.
  - SC2292, optional suggestion for [[ ]], now triggers for Busybox.
  - Updates for Bash 5.3, including `${| cmd; }` and `source -p`

  ### Removed
  - SC3013: removed since the operators `-ot/-nt/-ef` are specified in POSIX.1-2024

### v0.10.0 — Stable version v0.10.0

- Date: 2024-03-08
- Version: v0.10.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/tag/v0.10.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shellcheck/releases/v0.10.0

This release is dedicated to LLMs, for finally fulfilling the promise of
1960s scifi: systems you can hack using logic games and creative lies.

### v0.9.0 — Stable version 0.9.0

- Date: 2022-12-13
- Version: v0.9.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/tag/v0.9.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shellcheck/releases/v0.9.0

This release is dedicated to Mindustry: the most fun you can
have with open source (outside of shell scripting of course).

### v0.8.0 — Stable version 0.8.0

- Date: 2021-11-07
- Version: v0.8.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/tag/v0.8.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shellcheck/releases/v0.8.0

This release is dedicated to dibblego, who pushed me down the Haskell
rabbit hole. In 2006 I thought you were crazy. Today I *know* you are.

### v0.7.2 — Stable version v0.7.2

- Date: 2021-04-19
- Version: v0.7.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/tag/v0.7.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shellcheck/releases/v0.7.2

This release is dedicated to ethanol, for keeping
COVID-19 off both our hands and our minds.

### v0.7.1 — Stable version v0.7.1

- Date: 2020-04-05
- Version: v0.7.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/tag/v0.7.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shellcheck/releases/v0.7.1

This release is dedicated to the board game Pandemic, for teaching us
relevant survival skills like how to stay inside and play board games.

### v0.4.7 — Stable version 0.4.7

- Date: 2020-03-07
- Version: v0.4.7
- Original notes: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/tag/v0.4.7
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shellcheck/releases/v0.4.7

This release is dedicated to net neutrality. Remember when the Internet
was a meritocracy? [Please drink a verification can to continue.]

### v0.5.0 — Stable version 0.5.0

- Date: 2020-03-07
- Version: v0.5.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/tag/v0.5.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shellcheck/releases/v0.5.0

This release is dedicated to Valve for keeping PC gaming awesome.
Also, for that time they proved the need for a tool like ShellCheck.

### v0.6.0 — Stable version 0.6.0

- Date: 2020-03-07
- Version: v0.6.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/tag/v0.6.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shellcheck/releases/v0.6.0

This release is dedicated to Factorio. If this is how much fun it is to
build factories and oppress natives, then history makes a lot of sense.

### v0.7.0 — Stable version 0.7.0

- Date: 2020-03-05
- Version: v0.7.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/tag/v0.7.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shellcheck/releases/v0.7.0

This release is dedicated to RetroArch: the second best way to make your
PC feel like a 16bit system (right after building ShellCheck with GHC)