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powerline-go for Mac

Beautiful and useful low-latency prompt for your shell

Quick answer: powerline-go is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install powerline-go. It is distributed under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence. It has 26 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What powerline-go is

powerline-go is a terminal emulator for macOS: beautiful and useful low-latency prompt for your shell.

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/justjanne/powerline-go.

How to install powerline-go

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

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install powerline-go on Mac?

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

Is powerline-go open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.

Does powerline-go 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 powerline-go?

It was installed 26 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #5925 in this catalogue.

What version of powerline-go is current?

The latest packaged version is 1.26.