This repository provides a setup guide for my minimalist and efficient macOS terminal environment, tailored for daily use.
You can install iTerm2 with brew.
brew install --cask iterm2
Under Settings > Appearance > Windows check Show window number in title bar.
Under Settings > Appearance > General > Theme change the theme to Minimal.
Under Settings > Advanced set the field "In the Minimal theme, how prominent should the tab outline be?" to 0.
Under Settings > Profiles > Text change the font to SF Mono and use size 13.
Install the Theme.
(curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/benjaminbuzek/set-up-terminal/main/set-up-terminal-minimal.itermcolors > /tmp/set-up-terminal-minimal.itermcolors && open /tmp/set-up-terminal-minimal.itermcolors)More themes can be found at https://iterm2colorschemes.com/. To use the following command with your chosen theme, simply replace the link.
Install the Oh My Zsh framework.
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"Install zplug for managing zsh plugins.
brew install zplug
Configure your ~/.zshrc file.
# ~/.zshrc configuration
# Set env variables
export ZSH=~/.oh-my-zsh
export ZPLUG_HOME=/usr/local/opt/zplug
# Disable zsh themes
ZSH_THEME=""
# Load files
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
source $ZPLUG_HOME/init.zsh
# Install zplug plugins
zplug "mafredri/zsh-async", from:github
zplug "sindresorhus/pure", use:pure.zsh, from:github, as:theme
zplug "zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting", as:plugin, defer:2
zplug "zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions", as:plugin, defer:2
zplug load
# Install plugins if there are plugins that are not installed.
if ! zplug check --verbose; then
printf "Install? [y/N]: "
if read -q; then
echo; zplug install
fi
fiReload your ~/.zshrc configuration.
source ~/.zshrc