install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrew Caskverified · 100%

brew install --cask kitty

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

GPU-based terminal emulator

Project links

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for kitty. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
No executable data was present.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-04

manager version0.48.2

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kittynone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	cask:kitty
Version	0.48.2
Package manager	Homebrew Cask
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/kitty
Homepage	https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty
Repository	https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty
Source archive	https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/download/v0.48.2/kitty-0.48.2.dmg
SHA-256	f804f58ee4b69c76f84eb3281e140748269a63f3f4a816015a8dec2a06d2b195
Bottle	not recorded
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew cask API
Tap	homebrew/cask
Full Token	kitty
Names	kitty
Depends On	Macos >=: 12
Conflicts With	Cask kitty@nightly
Artifacts	App 1 Command Wrapper 2 Target 3 Zap 1
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

cross-ecosystem install command graph
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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