# Install ghcid with Homebrew, dnf, Nix Very low feature GHCi based IDE. Version 0.8.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#ghcid. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ghcid ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ghcid ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install ghcid ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ghcid 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#ghcid ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: ghcid from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ghcid - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.8.9 - **Source summary:** Very low feature GHCi based IDE - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-22T05:27:50Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - ghcid (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.8.9 ## Project history and usage ghcid is a deliberately small Haskell development tool that keeps a GHCi session running, reloads it when source files change, and presents compiler errors and warnings in a terminal-oriented workflow. ### Project history Neil Mitchell published ghcid on Hackage in 2014, with JPMoresmau credited as a co-author in the project README. The README frames the project as either "GHCi as a daemon" or "GHC plus a bit of an IDE", while stressing that it avoids editor integration, web servers, and dependency on the GHC library. ### Adoption history ghcid became a familiar tool in the Haskell package ecosystem because it sits between plain GHCi and heavier editor-language-server tooling. Its README points to Hackage and Stackage package surfaces and includes editor integrations for VS Code, Neovim, Vim, and Emacs, which helped it fit many existing Haskell editor habits. ### How it is used Practitioners use ghcid beside an editor, often with a project-specific .ghci file or .ghcid argument file. On save, it reloads the GHCi session, lists errors and warnings, and can run test expressions once the code is warning-free or error-free. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, ghcid is notable for making the REPL itself the build feedback loop. That keeps setup close to Cabal, Stack, and GHCi conventions rather than requiring a full IDE stack. ### Timeline - 2014: ghcid 0.1 was uploaded to Hackage. - 2023: ghcid 0.8.9 was released on Hackage and GitHub. ### Related projects - The README contrasts ghcid with ghcide, reflex-ghci, reflex-ghcide, Watchexec, entr, Watchman, and other file-watching or Haskell feedback tools. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ghcid. 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: .ghcid in the current directory, an ancestor directory ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - ghcid: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: ghcid from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - dnf - ghc-ghcid - 0.8.9-14.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ghc-ghcid from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Haskell ghcid library | https://hackage.haskell.org/package/ghcid - dnf - ghc-ghcid-devel - 0.8.9-14.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ghc-ghcid-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Haskell ghcid library development files | https://hackage.haskell.org/package/ghcid - dnf - ghc-ghcid-doc - 0.8.9-14.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ghc-ghcid-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Haskell ghcid library documentation | https://hackage.haskell.org/package/ghcid - dnf - ghc-ghcid-prof - 0.8.9-14.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ghc-ghcid-prof from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Haskell ghcid profiling library | https://hackage.haskell.org/package/ghcid - dnf - ghcid - 0.8.9-14.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ghcid from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | GHCi based bare bones IDE | https://hackage.haskell.org/package/ghcid ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ghcid.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ghcid.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph