macOS

Installing on macOS#

wakterm ships as a Universal macOS binary supporting both Apple Silicon and Intel hardware.

Homebrew#

If you use Homebrew, you can install wakterm from the wakamex/tap tap:

$ brew install --cask --no-quarantine wakamex/tap/wakterm

To upgrade to a newer release:

$ brew upgrade --cask --no-quarantine wakamex/tap/wakterm

Direct download#

Apple Download for macOS download

1. Download the macOS release archive from GitHub Releases.
2. Extract the .zip archive and drag wakterm.app to your Applications folder.
3. On first launch, right-click wakterm.app and select Open to allow launching the downloaded application.
4. To run wakterm commands from a shell, add the binary directory inside wakterm.app to your PATH in ~/.zshrc:

PATH="$PATH:/Applications/wakterm.app/Contents/MacOS"
export PATH

5. Configuration instructions are in Configuration Files.