# Install tere with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman, scoop

Terminal file explorer. Version 1.6.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#tere.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:tere
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tere
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add tere
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tere from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#tere
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/tere/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S tere
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: tere from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/tere
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/tere.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:tere
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.6.0
- **Source summary:** Terminal file explorer
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mgunyho/tere>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mgunyho/tere>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- tere (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.6.0
## Project history and usage

tere is a terminal file explorer focused on changing directories quickly. Its README describes it as a faster alternative to `cd` plus `ls`, and explicitly says it is not a file manager.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in October 2020 and the project reached a v1.0.0 release in July 2022. The design centered on doing one thing: provide a TUI for navigating to a folder and print that folder so the user's shell can `cd` there.

### Adoption history

The official setup instructions list installation through GitHub releases, Homebrew, Nix, Cargo, Pacman, Scoop, and source builds. The supplied package metadata also records apk, Homebrew, Nix, pacman, and Scoop packaging, showing adoption across Unix, Rust, and Windows package ecosystems.

### How it is used

Users configure a shell function or alias that runs `tere`, captures the selected path, and changes the shell directory. The README documents setup for Bash, Zsh, fish, Xonsh, Nushell, PowerShell, and Windows CMD, along with keyboard-driven search and navigation.

### Why package nerds care

tere is package-nerd relevant because it is a deliberately narrow Rust CLI that competes in the crowded directory-navigation niche. It differs from heavier terminal file managers by avoiding file operations, and it differs from frecency tools by supporting exploratory browsing without requiring prior visits.

### Timeline

- 2020-10-20: GitHub repository created.
- 2022-07-15: v1.0.0 release published.
- 2023-01-08: v1.4.0 release published.
- 2023-07-24: v1.5.0 release published.
- 2024-09-15: v1.6.0 release published.

### Related projects

- The README compares tere with terminal file browsers such as Broot, xplr, deer, cdir, walk, and sdn; frecency tools such as z, autojump, zoxide, fasd, jump, fzf, and skim; and file managers such as ranger, nnn, yazi, vifm, lf, and Midnight Commander.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/mgunyho/tere>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/mgunyho/tere/releases>
- <https://github.com/mgunyho/tere#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - tere: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/tere/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - tere - 1.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tere from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Terminal file explorer | https://github.com/mgunyho/tere
- apk - tere-doc - 1.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tere-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Terminal file explorer (documentation) | https://github.com/mgunyho/tere
- pacman - tere - 1.6.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: tere from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A terminal file explorer | https://github.com/mgunyho/tere
- Scoop - main/tere: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/tere.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tere.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/tere.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph