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scooter for Mac

Interactive find and replace in the terminal

Quick answer: scooter is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install scooter. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 103 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What scooter is

scooter is a terminal emulator for macOS: interactive find and replace in the 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/thomasschafer/scooter.

How to install scooter

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

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 scooter on Mac?

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

Is scooter open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does scooter 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 scooter?

It was installed 103 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #3410 in this catalogue.

What version of scooter is current?

The latest packaged version is 0.10.0.