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mcfly for Mac

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Quick answer: mcfly is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install mcfly. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 108 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What mcfly is

mcfly is a terminal emulator for macOS: fly through your shell history.

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/cantino/mcfly.

How to install mcfly

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

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 mcfly on Mac?

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

Is mcfly open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does mcfly 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 mcfly?

It was installed 108 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #3335 in this catalogue.

What version of mcfly is current?

The latest packaged version is 0.9.4.