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antidote for Mac

Plugin manager for zsh, inspired by antigen and antibody

Quick answer: antidote is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install antidote. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 893 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What antidote is

antidote is a terminal emulator for macOS: plugin manager for zsh, inspired by antigen and antibody.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. It is distributed under the MIT licence.

How to install antidote

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

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install antidote on Mac?

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

Is antidote open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does antidote 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 antidote?

It was installed 893 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #1121 in this catalogue.

What version of antidote is current?

The latest packaged version is 2.3.0.