BetterTerminal

Work smarter with a custom Mac terminal

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Work smarter with a custom Mac terminal

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Tired of the same old terminal? BetterTerminal is a simple and visual tool that lets you set up your terminal the way you like it. Customize prompt, theme and command aliases and improve your productivity!

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👋 Hey everyone! If you have ever had anything to do with programming, you are probably familiar with the terminal. It's a powerful tool, but looks really boring. Customizing it the traditional way is complex and requires messing around with configuration files, which can be scary. Today I’m proud to introduce you to BetterTerminal, which is a tool that lets you customize your terminal in the easiest way possible, without having to open a single shell file. With BetterTerminal, you can: - Effortlessly set up aliases, choose themes, and customize your command prompt with a few clicks in a visual editor. - Apply your new settings in the blink of an eye, by simply copy-pasting a shell command. No need to fizzle around with configuration files. BetterTerminal works on Mac with Bash & Zsh shells! I'd love for you to try it out - let me know if I was able to make your developer experience better! Looking forward to seeing how you customize your terminals with BetterTerminal! 🌟

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1yr ago

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Hey Philipp, How does it compare with iTerm2? Congrats on the launch!

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1yr ago

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@kyrylosilin Hi there, I'm not too familiar with iTerm2, but it looks like they offer a terminal emulator, while BetterTerminal updates configurations for the default Mac terminal, meaning that you won't need to work through a third party application.

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1yr ago

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Congratulations on the launch! On the tech side of things: Is this a prompt or a completely new app (terminal emulator)? Also, what tech did you use to build this? Thanks!

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1yr ago

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@semanser Hi Andriy, it's not a new app, it's just a simpler way of updating the configurations of the existing terminal. You don't need to struggle with config files, and you can work in a visual editor. I did a little writeup about my process of building this here if you are interested to learn more: https://www.pkundr.com/articles/...

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1yr ago

Hi @pkundr! BetterTerminal sounds like a game-changer for all us devs tired of mundane terminal setups. 😄 The ability to customize without diving into complex config files is super appealing. Can't wait to experiment with themes and aliases! How does BetterTerminal handle updates or changes to existing setups? Keep up the awesome work! 🌟

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1yr ago

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@abhra_ch Hi Abhra, thanks for your comment and let me know how it goes! Don't worry if you have any existing configurations. The installation process starts out with backing up your current configuration files, so that you can easily revert back if you are not happy. Also, it only appends settings to your configuration files, and doesn't remove any existing content. Hope this clears things up!

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1yr ago

@pkundr That makes sense. It sure does clear up what I was asking 🤔😊 Thanks man. Cant wait to try it out.

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1yr ago

Congrats for launching BetterTerminal....

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1yr ago

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@toshit_garg Thank you Toshit

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1yr ago

We need this for windows! Great product

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1yr ago

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@zachary_ferioli Don't have access to a windows computer unfortunately but let me know if you want to team up :-)

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1yr ago

What types of aliases are most popular among users?

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1yr ago

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@jonathan_ander Probably the widely used ones, like git , npm run dev, ... Depends on the user's tech stack obviously. I also like to add aliases for quickly navigating to folders i frequently use, or to checkout virtual environments quicker

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