Termux (Android) setup notes

ExplainThisRepo supports running inside the Termux environments on Android devices

Termux has some environment limitations that can make pip install explainthisrepo fail to create the explainthisrepo command in $PREFIX/bin.

However, it's recommended you install using:

pip install --user -U explainthisrepo

Make sure your user bin directory is on your PATH:

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

Tip: Add the PATH export to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc so it persists.

Alternative (No PATH changes)

If you do not want to modify PATH, you can run ExplainThisRepo as a module:

python -m explain_this_repo owner/repo

Gemini support on Termux

Installing Gemini support may require building Rust-based dependencies on Android, which can take time on first install:

pip install --user -U "explainthisrepo[gemini]"

For mobile environments like Termux where compiling Python dependencies can be slow, you can also run ExplainThisRepo using the Node.js version:

npx explainthisrepo owner/repo