ghcitty
brew install ghcitty
v0.4.0
Apache-2.0
Fast, friendly GHCi
22
30-day installs · #6560
22
90-day · #9511
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365-day · #13850
92
★ GitHub stars · updated 3mo ago
Build dependencies
GitHub topics
cli
haskell
repl
rust
tui
Links
- https://github.com/mattlianje/ghcitty
- GitHub: mattlianje/ghcitty
- Brew formula source: Formula/g/ghcitty.rb
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