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surfraw for Mac

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Quick answer: surfraw is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install surfraw. It is distributed under the LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain licence. It has 5 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What surfraw is

surfraw is a terminal emulator for macOS: shell Users' Revolutionary Front Rage Against the Web.

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://gitlab.com/surfraw/Surfraw.

How to install surfraw

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

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 surfraw on Mac?

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

Is surfraw open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain licence.

Does surfraw 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 surfraw?

It was installed 5 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #9560 in this catalogue.

What version of surfraw is current?

The latest packaged version is 2.3.0.