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brew cask install alacritty
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-Once the cask is installed, it is recommended to setup the [manual page](INSTALL.md#manual-page), [shell completions](INSTALL.md#shell-completions), and [terminfo definitions](INSTALL.md#terminfo).
+Once the cask is installed, it is recommended to setup the [manual page](INSTALL.md#manual-page),
+[shell completions](INSTALL.md#shell-completions), and [terminfo definitions](INSTALL.md#terminfo).
### Windows
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### Other
-Prebuilt binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows can be downloaded from the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/releases).
+Prebuilt binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows can be downloaded from the
+[GitHub releases page](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/releases).
+
+To work properly on Windows, Alacritty requires winpty to emulate UNIX's PTY API.
+The agent is a single binary (`winpty-agent.exe`) which **must** be in the same
+directory as the Alacritty executable and is available through the
+[GitHub releases page](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/releases).
## Configuration