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circumflex for Mac

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Quick answer: circumflex is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install circumflex. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 174 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What circumflex is

circumflex is a terminal emulator for macOS: hacker News in your terminal.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/bensadeh/circumflex.

How to install circumflex

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

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install circumflex on Mac?

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

Is circumflex open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does circumflex 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 circumflex?

It was installed 174 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #2634 in this catalogue.

What version of circumflex is current?

The latest packaged version is 5.1.