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desk for Mac

Lightweight workspace manager for the shell

Quick answer: desk is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install desk. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 1 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What desk is

desk is a terminal emulator for macOS: lightweight workspace manager for the 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/jamesob/desk.

How to install desk

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

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install desk on Mac?

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

Is desk open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does desk 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 desk?

It was installed 1 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #10914 in this catalogue.

What version of desk is current?

The latest packaged version is 0.6.0.