https://github.com/ntrezowan/homebrew-alacritty
Personal Homebrew tap for installing and updating Alacritty from the official GitHub releases.
https://github.com/ntrezowan/homebrew-alacritty
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Personal Homebrew tap for installing and updating Alacritty from the official GitHub releases.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ntrezowan/homebrew-alacritty
- Owner: ntrezowan
- License: mit
- Created: 2025-11-18T02:51:56.000Z (8 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-11-18T04:04:56.000Z (8 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-11-18T04:25:19.001Z (8 months ago)
- Topics: alacritty, apple-silicon, cask, homebrew, macos, terminal
- Language: Ruby
- Homepage: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty
- Size: 32.2 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
- Security: SECURITY.md
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README
# Homebrew Tap for Alacritty
This repository provides a **personal Homebrew tap** to install a custom build of Alacritty on macOS (Apple Silicon only).
It tracks the latest official Alacritty [GitHub releases](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty) and updates automatically via GitHub Actions.
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## Usage
1. **Add this tap (one time):**
```sh
brew tap ntrezowan/alacritty
```
*use the following if Homebrew cannot resolve the default URL*
```sh
brew tap ntrezowan/alacritty https://github.com/ntrezowan/alacritty
```
3. **Install Alacritty:**
```sh
brew install --cask alacritty-custom
```
4. **Upgrade:**
```sh
brew update
brew upgrade --cask alacritty-custom
```
5. **To remove Alacritty:**
```sh
brew uninstall --cask alacritty-custom
```
**To remove Alacritty and its configs (`~/.config/alacritty`):**
```sh
brew uninstall --cask --zap alacritty-custom
```
6. **To untap (remove the tap):**
```sh
brew untap ntrezowan/alacritty
```
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## Notes
- **Apple Silicon only.** (For Intel Macs, use the official cask or build from source.)
- **First launch:** macOS will block the app (“unverified developer”). To allow launch:
- Run in Terminal:
```sh
sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Alacritty.app
```
*or*
- Open Alacritty.app once, then go to System Settings → Security & Privacy → General and click “Open Anyway” for Alacritty.
- **Security:** This app is not codesigned/notarized. You must manually approve it in Gatekeeper.
- **Auto-update:** GitHub Actions keeps this cask up to date weekly.
- **No conflicts:** The unique cask name `alacritty-custom` ensures your installation won’t be overridden by the official Homebrew cask.
```sh
brew info alacritty-custom
```
---