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foot for Mac

Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator

Quick answer: foot is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install foot. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 45 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What foot is

foot is a terminal emulator for macOS: fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator.

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 foot

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

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install foot on Mac?

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

Is foot open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does foot 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 foot?

It was installed 45 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #4780 in this catalogue.

What version of foot is current?

The latest packaged version is 1.28.0.