# foot mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für foot in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:foot
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install foot
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add foot
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: foot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install foot
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: foot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install foot
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: foot from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#foot
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fo/foot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S foot
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: foot from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install foot
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: foot from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:foot
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.27.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator
- **Homepage:** <https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-16T12:50:32Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- foot (Alias)
- footclient (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.27.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

foot is a fast, lightweight Wayland-native terminal emulator whose own README emphasizes low dependency, disk, and memory footprint; desktop-environment independence; a server/daemon mode; searchable scrollback; URL handling; color emoji; true color; sixel images; and modern terminal protocol support.

### Projektgeschichte

The project is developed on Codeberg by dnkl and is written for Wayland rather than for X11 compatibility. Its README presents foot as a focused terminal emulator, while its installation guide documents Meson-based builds and the author's related libraries fcft and tllist as part of the build ecosystem.

The name is explained by the maintainer as a contraction from 'foo terminal' through 'footerm' to 'foot', matching the small, utilitarian naming style of the project.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

foot became notable in Wayland-oriented Linux packaging because it is designed as a native Wayland terminal with its own terminfo. The installation guide notes that ncurses has included a version of foot's terminfo since the 2021-07-31 ncurses release, while still documenting packaging choices for foot-specific or separately packaged terminfo definitions.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users run foot directly or use footclient with the server mode. Configuration is read from XDG-style foot.ini paths, and packagers can tune Meson options for documentation, tests, IME, grapheme clustering, terminfo, systemd units, and utmp backends.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Package maintainers care about foot because it sits at the intersection of Wayland, terminal capability databases, optional runtime integrations, and small C dependencies. Its docs explicitly discuss whether to use ncurses' bundled terminfo or package foot's own terminfo, a detail that affects remote shells, tmux, and TERM/TERMINFO behavior.

### Zeitleiste

- 2021: ncurses 2021-07-31 includes a version of foot's terminfo, according to foot's install guide.
- 2025: foot 1.27.0 adds configurable URL underline styles in the project changelog.
- 2026: the Codeberg releases page lists a 1.27.0 release dated 2026-05-15.

### Related projects

- foot's installation guide identifies fcft and tllist as related libraries by the same maintainer. Its README also links terminal features to related protocol ecosystems such as kitty underlines, synchronized updates, and sixel.

### Quellen

- <https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot>
- <https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/raw/branch/master/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/raw/branch/master/INSTALL.md>
- <https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/raw/branch/master/README.md>
- <https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/releases>


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für foot wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/foot/foot.ini, ~/.config/foot/foot.ini, $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/foot/foot.ini, /etc/xdg/foot/foot.ini
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - foot - 1.21.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: foot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- Debian apt - foot-extra-terminfo - 1.21.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: foot-extra-terminfo from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator (extra terminfo files) | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- Debian apt - foot-terminfo - 1.21.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: foot-terminfo from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator (terminfo files) | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- Debian apt - foot-themes - 1.21.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: foot-themes from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator (theme files) | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- Nix - foot: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fo/foot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - foot - 1.16.2-2build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: foot from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- Ubuntu apt - foot-terminfo - 1.16.2-2build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: foot-terminfo from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator (terminfo files) | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- Ubuntu apt - foot-themes - 1.16.2-2build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: foot-themes from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator (theme files) | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- apk - foot - 1.27.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: foot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- apk - foot-bash-completion - 1.27.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: foot-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for foot | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- apk - foot-dbg - 1.27.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: foot-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator (debug symbols) | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- apk - foot-doc - 1.27.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: foot-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator (documentation) | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- apk - foot-extra-terminfo - 1.27.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: foot-extra-terminfo from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator (extra terminfo data) | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- apk - foot-fish-completion - 1.27.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: foot-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for foot | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- apk - foot-openrc - 1.27.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: foot-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator (OpenRC init scripts) | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot
- apk - foot-themes - 1.27.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: foot-themes from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator (color schemes) | https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/foot.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/foot.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
