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## iTerm2

This app is (likely) the best terminal emulator for Mac OS out there.

https://iterm2.com/downloads/stable/latest

You can change default tabs view in Preferences → Apperance → Theme: Minimal.

From time-to-time I give alternative terminal emulators a try. For example
[alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty) provides stunning render performance.

## Color theme

[Snazzy](https://github.com/sindresorhus/iterm2-snazzy) is nice and calm color theme by sindresorhus: ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤

Right-click [Snazzy.itermcolors](https://github.com/sindresorhus/iterm2-snazzy/raw/main/Snazzy.itermcolors) and choose `Save Link As…`.

Double-click the downloaded file.

Also I recommend to check out [monokai.pro](https://monokai.pro): ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤

## Homebrew

Most popular package manager for Mac OS. You will need it to install other stuff.

```bash
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
```

## JetBrainsMono font

This font designed specifically for developers and it grew on me quite well. You can install original version from brew, but for nice icons in terminal you sould install Nerd version of this font:

```bash
brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts
brew install --cask font-jetbrains-mono-nerd-font
```

## Oh My ZSH!

```bash
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
```

There are quite a number of [bundled plugins](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Plugins) in Oh-My-Zsh, but most useful for me is not installed by default.

`zsh-syntax-highlighting` and `zsh-autosuggestions` make your input much more visually responsive (if there is no such command it will turn red, etc).

```bash
brew install zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions
echo "source $(brew --prefix)/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "source $(brew --prefix)/share/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc
```

## exa

Nice replacement of standard `ls` command. It highlihgts sizes, can draw nice tree view of a folder.

```bash
brew install exa
```

You can saflely replace `ls` with `exa` in most of use cases.

```bash
echo "alias ls='exa'" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias la='ll --all'" >> ~/.zshrc
```

## Starship

The best shell prompt. Fast, modular and nice looking. Also quite easy to install:

```bash
brew install starship
```

After installation you should add init line at the end of ZSH config file:

``` bash
echo "eval \"$(starship init zsh)\"" >> ~/.zshrc
```

My guide for setting up terminal and some useful stuff.

Random Thoughts

Setting up terminal on Mac OS