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iTerm2 + zsh + oh-my-zsh The Most Power Full Terminal on macOS (2023 Guide + macOS Ventura)
Recently I had to switch to a new mac book pro, Then I had to install every tool from the beginning which I was using in the previous mac book pro. So I thought of bringing a series of medium articles which might be helpful for any developer to set up their own development environment without a hassle. In this article, I'm going to describe how to set up this awesome terminal tool iterm2 with Z shell and Oh My Zsh Framework.
If you ever wonder why you need to install the iTerm2 terminal, then you can have a look available feature here.
Okay, without wasting more time let’s first install iTerm2, go to downloads, And download iTerm2. Then there you will be prompted to download a .zip file. Then you extract the zip file and move the iTerm2 application to your system application folder as follows.
I hope you were able to install iTerm2 successfully.
The next thing would be installing the zsh. usually, OS X comes preloaded with zsh. You can check its version by writing zsh --version , If it is available you will see an output as follows, In my case, it is already available. If you don’t see an output similar to don’t worry you can install using the brew .
So if you don’t get an output as above, you can install the zsh as follows using brew
brew install zshPerfect!, Now you have installed two of the required tools, the Next step is to install the Oh My Zsh framework, which is an open-source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration.
For that, you can either visit their official documentation and follow their steps, or you can just copy, paste, and hit enter the following command…
