# Install doitlive with Homebrew

Replay stored shell commands for live presentations. Version 5.2.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-13.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:doitlive
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install doitlive
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:doitlive
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 5.2.1
- **Source summary:** Replay stored shell commands for live presentations
- **Homepage:** <https://doitlive.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sloria/doitlive>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-13T10:27:02Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- doitlive (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 5.2.1
## Project history and usage

doitlive is a terminal-presentation helper that replays scripted shell commands as the presenter types, turning demos into controlled performances while preserving the look of live typing.

### Project history

The doitlive repository was created in June 2014. Its README says the idea came from Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso's Revsets talk at PyCon 2014, with Click helping make the tool quick to implement.

The release history began immediately in June 2014 with 0.1.0 and 0.2.0, reached 1.0 on June 18, 2014, and continued through larger Python packaging and shell support changes. The 4.0.0 release in 2018 added shell completion for bash, zsh, and fish, environment and alias handling, and broader internal reorganization.

The 5.x line modernized the project for contemporary Python and IPython versions, including dropping Python 2 in 5.0.0 and later supporting newer IPython and Python releases.

### Adoption history

doitlive became a recognizable tool among conference speakers, developer advocates, and CLI demo authors because it solves a familiar live-demo problem: commands can be scripted and rehearsed while still appearing to be typed in a terminal. Its README advertises installation through both Homebrew and pip.

### How it is used

The core workflow is intentionally simple: create a shell-command file such as session.sh, run doitlive play session.sh, then type arbitrary keys to reveal and execute the stored commands in a fake terminal session.

### Why package nerds care

doitlive sits in a charming package niche: not a shell, not a recorder, and not a slide deck system, but a tiny CLI for making command-line demos reliable. Its history also ties together Click, IPython compatibility, shell completion, and Homebrew/PyPI packaging.

### Timeline

- 2014: Repository created; 0.1.0, 0.2.0, and 1.0 releases published in June.
- 2014: README credits a PyCon 2014 Revsets talk as the idea source.
- 2018: 4.0.0 adds shell completion and larger command-handling improvements.
- 2024: 5.0.0 drops Python 2 and old Python/IPython support.
- 2026: 5.2.1 released with continued maintenance.

### Related projects

- The README names Click as an implementation influence, prezto themes as prompt-theme inspiration, and HackerTyper and PlayerPiano as related presentation/performance tools.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/sloria/doitlive#readme>
- <https://doitlive.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/sloria/doitlive>


## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/doitlive.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/doitlive.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation