for the basics, since I’m on an M2 Mac, I use:
- iTerm2: Terminal
- zsh with zsh-completions, zsh-autosuggestions, and zsh-syntax-highlighting: Shell, Shell Completions, Shell Autosuggestion, and Shell Syntax Highlighting
- oh-my-zsh: Shell Configuration Extension
- passion: Prompt Style Theme & Default Profile Terminal Colors
- Homebrew: Package Manager
- Fira Code: Terminal Font
and extending my workflow in the terminal, I use:
- tmux with tpm: Terminal Multiplexer and Plugin Manager
- neovim with lazy.nvim and mason.nvim: Editor, Editor Package Manager, and LSP Package Manager
my default terminal profile ends up looking like this after customization (i don’t remember if inline is still disabled):
and my programming terminal profile ends up looking like this after customization:
and I really like the look of this one in particular in the end
so, what’s your terminal/shell stack?
edit: here’s my neofetch:
Translating vaguely to English: long ago computers didn’t have fancy user interfaces, just a command line terminal that was all text. Those terminals are still around, just buried under pretty UIs, and people who write code for a living are going to spend a lot of time working in these as it’s the easiest way to run, test, and (more controversially) write code.
As a result there’s a lot of communities around different ways of making these terminals look pretty and be more productive. This thread is nerds showing off their personalized terminals.
