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vit for Mac

Full-screen terminal interface for Taskwarrior

Quick answer: vit is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install vit. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 19 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What vit is

vit is a terminal emulator for macOS: full-screen terminal interface for Taskwarrior.

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/vit-project/vit.

How to install vit

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

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 vit on Mac?

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

Is vit open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does vit 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 vit?

It was installed 19 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #6732 in this catalogue.

What version of vit is current?

The latest packaged version is 2.3.4.