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Ask HN: Terminal App for macOS in 2024

by luigi23 on 1/8/24, 2:07 AM with 7 comments

I’m trying to decide on a terminal app for my MacOS, mainly between iTerm2 and Warp. Any thoughts? I’m open to other suggestions too. Thanks!
  • by divan on 1/13/24, 11:55 PM

    Warp is amazing if you're ok with closed-source and mandatory Github login. Surprisingly, one of the features I use a lot is built-in AI assistant. Became a habit to just type in a sidebar of the terminal stuff like "how do I sort files by date in ls" or "how to resize video with ffmpeg" and execute it directly in the terminal.
  • by syndicatedjelly on 1/8/24, 3:46 AM

    Am I missing much by just using the MacOS-provided Terminal?
  • by michaelteter on 1/11/24, 12:13 AM

    I've been happy with WezTerm - https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/index.html
  • by ja27 on 1/8/24, 2:33 AM

    I need to give Warp an honest try but it's still iTerm2 by default for me, with occasional launches of cool-retro-term or kitty, plus the VSCode terminal.
  • by smoldesu on 1/8/24, 2:13 AM

    iTerm 2 is a shoo-in, for me. It's open source and will please all but the most stalwart Mac purists. Warp never sold it's value prop to me.
  • by aniix on 1/12/24, 7:51 PM

    I use Kitty and iTerm.
  • by interbased on 1/8/24, 2:51 AM

    iTerm2 is my current default. I also use Oh My Zsh for Zsh configuration.