curl | bash¶

One-liner installation scripts like curl -fsSL https://example.com/install.sh | bash are everywhere. Docker, Homebrew, nvm, Laravel — they all use this pattern. But what exactly are you running? This site analyzes popular curl|bash scripts: what they install, what they modify, and how to undo them.

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