Get Kaku on macOS and Linux Now!
🎃 A fast, out-of-the-box macOS terminal built for AI coding
Get Kaku with one command
Pick your system, reveal the step-by-step guide, copy the command, paste it into your terminal and press Enter. This command comes from the project's public source.
Not available for Windows yet.
Kaku doesn't publish an install command for Windows anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one. It does document one for macOS and Linux — switch to that tab.
Pastes into PowerShell and installs Kaku on your Windows machine in one step. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
Not available for macOS yet.
Kaku doesn't publish an install command for macOS or Linux anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one.
Installs Kaku on your macOS or Linux machine and links it into your PATH — after this,
Kaku just works from any directory. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
How to set up Kaku, step by step
Open Terminal. On a Mac it's in Applications ▸ Utilities, or press Cmd+Space and type Terminal. On Linux, press Ctrl+Alt+T. Paste the command and press Enter.
Run Kaku --help to see the available commands, and
Kaku --version to confirm the install worked. If your shell complains about
permissions, that project usually documents a corrected command on its own site.
This asks Homebrew to fetch Kaku and link it into /opt/homebrew/bin (Apple Silicon) or /usr/local/bin (Intel), so you can run it by name.
What Kaku does
- Ready to use: JetBrains Mono, automatic dark and light themes, copy on select, and familiar Mac shortcuts
- Tabs and panes: Split your workspace, find a pane with Tab Navigator, and restore windows, panes, and working directories when you reopen Kaku
- Right-click menu: Paste, search, open AI chat, and split or close the clicked pane without remembering shortcuts
- Clickable links: opens URLs and file paths; URLs automatically wrapped by the terminal keep their full address
- Lua configuration: Customize fonts, themes, shortcuts, and terminal behavior using WezTerm's Lua configuration system
Summarised from Kaku's own documentation.
About Kaku
🎃 A fast, out-of-the-box macOS terminal built for AI coding
| Category | Command-line tool |
|---|---|
| Install method | Homebrew |
| Windows | no install command published |
| macOS / Linux | documented install command available |
| Price | Free and open source |
| Command verified | From project source |
| Popularity | 6.0k stars on the project's public repository |
On mobile
Kaku is a command-line tool, so there is no phone app for it — a phone has no shell to run it in. You'll need a desktop, or a remote shell into a machine that has one.
Kaku is developed by its own authors. This page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by the project. The command shown here was reproduced from the project's public documentation — always check the project's own documentation before running anything.