# Install ghcitty with Homebrew Fast, friendly GHCi. Version 0.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-29. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ghcitty ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ghcitty ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ghcitty - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.4.0 - **Source summary:** Fast, friendly GHCi - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T18:55:14Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - ghcitty (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.4.0 ## Project history and usage ghcitty is a Rust frontend for GHCi that keeps the normal Haskell REPL underneath while adding terminal niceties such as highlighting, completion, multiline editing, Hoogle lookup, session replay, and auto-reload. ### Project history The public repository was created in April 2026 and describes ghcitty as part of the author's d4 collection. Its README presents the tool as a personal, modest frontend rather than a replacement for GHCi. ### Adoption history The project had only a short public history at the time of this enrichment run, so adoption evidence is limited to its Homebrew formula, Cargo installation instructions, Nix installation instructions, and repository-level documentation. Its significance is therefore best treated as emerging rather than established. ### How it is used Practitioners run ghcitty in a Haskell project directory and let it auto-detect Stack or Cabal projects, or pass `--plain` to force bare GHCi. The README also documents one-shot eval, JSON output, named sessions, persistent replay under `~/.local/share/ghcitty/.hs`, and a simple `~/.ghcitty` key-value config file. ### Why package nerds care ghcitty is package-nerd-interesting as a tiny wrapper around an existing language REPL: it adds a modern terminal interface without asking users to abandon Cabal, Stack, GHCi commands, Hoogle, or editor-based workflows. ### Timeline - 2026: The GitHub repository was created. - 2026: README documents Cargo, source, Nix, Stack, and Cabal-oriented usage. - 2026: v0.2.0 was published as an official GitHub release. ### Related projects - The README positions ghcitty around GHCi, Cabal, Stack, GHCup, Hoogle, and the author's d4 collection. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ghcitty. 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: ~/.ghcitty ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ghcitty.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ghcitty.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - cross-ecosystem install command graph