wik for Mac
View Wikipedia pages from your terminal
brew install wik. It is distributed under the MIT licence.
It has 27 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.
What wik is
wik is a terminal emulator for macOS: view Wikipedia pages from 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/yashsinghcodes/wik.
How to install wik
- Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
- If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
- Run
brew install wik.
Homebrew installer, if you need it:
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install wik on Mac?
Run brew install wik in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.
Is wik open source?
Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.
Does wik 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 wik?
It was installed 27 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #5855 in this catalogue.
What version of wik is current?
The latest packaged version is 2.0.1.