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zoxide for Mac

Shell extension to navigate your filesystem faster

Quick answer: zoxide is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install zoxide. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 15,810 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What zoxide is

zoxide is a terminal emulator for macOS: shell extension to navigate your filesystem faster.

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/ajeetdsouza/zoxide.

How to install zoxide

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

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 zoxide on Mac?

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

Is zoxide open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does zoxide 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 zoxide?

It was installed 15,810 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #133 in this catalogue.

What version of zoxide is current?

The latest packaged version is 0.10.0.