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<h1>Installation</h1>
<h2>Requirements</h2>
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<li><strong>Rust 1.85+</strong> — repartee uses the Rust 2024 edition. Install the toolchain with <code>curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh</code>.</li>
<li><strong>A terminal with 256-color or truecolor support</strong> — any modern terminal works: iTerm2, Alacritty, kitty, WezTerm, Windows Terminal, GNOME Terminal, etc.</li>
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<h2>Install from crates.io</h2>
<p>The quickest way to get started:</p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">cargo install repartee
repartee
</code></pre>
<h2>Install from source</h2>
<p>If you want to hack on repartee or run the latest unreleased code:</p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">git clone https://github.com/outragedevs/repartee.git
cd repartee
cargo build --release
./target/release/repartee
</code></pre>
<h2>Command-line usage</h2>
<pre><code>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
</code></pre>
<p>See <a href="sessions.html">Sessions & Detach</a> for details on background sessions.</p>
<h2>Binary size</h2>
<p>The release binary is approximately 5MB (includes bundled SQLite and Lua). The <code>--release</code> profile enables LTO, single codegen unit, and symbol stripping for minimal size.</p>
<h2>Build options</h2>
<p>The <code>Cargo.toml</code> release profile is pre-configured for small binaries:</p>
<pre><code class="language-toml">[profile.release]
lto = true
codegen-units = 1
panic = "abort"
strip = true
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