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far2l-tty for Mac

Unix TTY port of FAR Manager v2 (with NetRocks support)

Quick answer: far2l-tty is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install far2l-tty. It is distributed under the GPL-2.0-only licence. It has 104 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What far2l-tty is

far2l-tty is a terminal emulator for macOS: unix TTY port of FAR Manager v2 (with NetRocks support).

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/elfmz/far2l.

How to install far2l-tty

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install far2l-tty.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install far2l-tty on Mac?

Run brew install far2l-tty in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is far2l-tty open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the GPL-2.0-only licence.

Does far2l-tty 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 far2l-tty?

It was installed 104 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #3381 in this catalogue.

What version of far2l-tty is current?

The latest packaged version is 2.9.1.