# Install foot with Homebrew Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator. Version 1.27.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-16. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:foot ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install foot ``` Evidence: provider-native install command ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:foot - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.27.0 - **Source summary:** Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-16T12:50:32Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00 ## Executables - foot (alias) - footclient (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.27.0 ## Project history and usage 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. ### Project history 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. ### Adoption history 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. ### How it is used 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. ### Why package nerds care 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. ### Timeline - 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. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for foot. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/foot.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/foot.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation