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Install gti with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper

ASCII-art displaying typo-corrector for commands. Version 1.9.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#gti.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gti

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gti

MacPorts ports tree · games/gti/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

ASCII-art displaying typo-corrector for commands

Commands and aliases

  • gti

history

Project history and usage

gti is a deliberately silly git typo launcher: when a user types gti instead of git, it plays an ASCII-art animation and then runs the intended git command. It is tiny, but it survives in package managers because it turns a common developer typo into a harmless joke.

Project history

Richard Wossal's project page describes gti as a program that displays a badly made ASCII-art animation as punishment for the typing error and then launches the command the user meant to run. The official README calls it a silly git launcher inspired by sl.

The repository's initial commit dates to 2012-08-15. The code is small C with a Makefile, a manual page, and shell completions, which matches the old-school Unix joke-tool pattern.

Adoption history

The official README lists packages or ports for Fedora, Arch Linux AUR, Gentoo, Nix/NixOS, FreeBSD ports, OpenBSD ports, Homebrew on macOS, and Cygwin. That list explains why a joke command still has cross-platform package metadata: it is cheap to build and memorable to install.

How it is used

The intended invocation is accidental: type gti when trying to type git. After the animation, gti dispatches to git. The README documents GTI_SPEED as an environment variable for changing the animation speed.

Why package nerds care

gti belongs to the lineage of terminal whimsy packages such as sl, but its package-manager hook is practical: unlike sl, it forwards to git after the joke. It is a good example of how tiny C utilities with manpages, completions, and portable Makefiles can become distro trivia.

Timeline

  • 2012: Initial commit added gti.
  • 2012: The author page described the typo-correcting ASCII-art behavior.
  • 2023: v1.9.1 tag was cut with a Homebrew build fix noted in the commit message.

Related projects

  • git is the command gti wraps after the animation.
  • sl is the inspiration named by both the author page and README.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
gtiexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.9.1
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gti
Version1.9.1
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://r-wos.org/hacks/gti
Repositoryhttps://github.com/rwos/gti
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

gti

nix profile install nixpkgs#gti
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gti
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gt/gti/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
dnf95%

gti 1.6.1-15.fc45

Just a silly gti launcher

http://r-wos.org/hacks/gti

sudo dnf install gti
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gti
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gti
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gti from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gti 1.9.1-1.8

ASCII art punishment for misspelling git

https://r-wos.org/hacks/gti

sudo zypper install gti
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Amusements/Toys/Other
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gti
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gti
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gti from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

gti

sudo port install gti
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gti
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: games/gti/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
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