Links from my recent dive into exploring a modern terminal setup. I've shared videos I've seen as well as kids these days to that instead of blog posts.
- iTerm2 - (I now like the "Tango Dark" Theme that ships with iTerm)
- https://alacritty.org/ - Cross-platform terminal (Mac, Linux, BSD) with required features
- Remember to use 256-color mode terminal and Unicode/locale modes! (see fonts)
These fonts have been patched to include icons useful for terminals (files, utilities, ecosystems)
- https://www.nerdfonts.com/
- Try out Meslo: https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v3.0.2/Meslo.zip
- ZSH
- https://ohmyz.sh/ (ZSH configuration framework)
- Powerlevel10k - Fancy prompt
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF1tMjvHDRA
- https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix - Lists Modern Unix Utility replacements
- RipGrep - Crazy fast grep across files/repos
- FZF - Fuzzy Finder, best uses are with other tooling
- Htop - Replacement for top (check out others)
- Check out other utilities you may like from the page
- Visual Studio Code - Modern GUI Editor we are chasing for the command line
- Neovim - Fork of vim with new features and Lua scripting engine
- NVIM Kickstart - Beginner Lua-based configuration
- LunarVim - Alternate Neovim/Lua "distribution"
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqUbv-5u2s - Kickstart Video
- https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/wordpress/best-ai-coding-assistant
- https://www.phind.com/ - AI Search Engine and Pair Programmer