Installation

Requirements

• Rust 1.85+ — repartee uses the Rust 2024 edition. Install the toolchain with curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh.
• A terminal with 256-color or truecolor support — any modern terminal works: iTerm2, Alacritty, kitty, WezTerm, Windows Terminal, GNOME Terminal, etc.

Install from crates.io

The quickest way to get started:

cargo install repartee
repartee

Install from source

If you want to hack on repartee or run the latest unreleased code:

git clone https://github.com/outragedevs/repartee.git
cd repartee
cargo build --release
./target/release/repartee

Command-line usage

repartee                  # normal start (fork + terminal)
repartee -d / --detach    # start headless (no terminal)
repartee a [pid]          # attach to a running session
repartee attach [pid]     # same as above
repartee -v / --version   # print version

See Sessions & Detach for details on background sessions.

Binary size

The release binary is approximately 5MB (includes bundled SQLite and Lua). The --release profile enables LTO, single codegen unit, and symbol stripping for minimal size.

Build options

The Cargo.toml release profile is pre-configured for small binaries:

[profile.release]
lto = true
codegen-units = 1
panic = "abort"
strip = true