Rectangle
Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas (by rxhanson)
iTerm2
iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things. (by gnachman)
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Rectangle
Posts with mentions or reviews of Rectangle.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-25.
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Long time Vim user, loving Emacs so far!
- emacs-plus link: https://github.com/d12frosted/homebrew-emacs-plus#options-2 - rectangle app: https://rectangleapp.com
- Best apps for a newbie to not miss ? I am going to use my first ever MBP I need recommendations please to make most of the machine
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No Start Menu for You
For window management and tiling, I think Rectangle is better than most of the alternatives I've used. And its OSS https://rectangleapp.com/
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Getting a mac soon, what are some of the most useful apps for work?
I'd still recommend finding replacements parts your workflow if you were accustomed to them on windows. apps like rectangle give you snap windows which is probably the biggest pain point coming from windows.
Rectangle gives you window snapping superpowers.
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New to the family, came from an alienware. Please insert app suggestions or any tips that could be of use 😌
- Rectangle, window management, use hotkeys or snapping areas.
- Pls recommend a window manager that suits my specific need
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[auto-dark-emacs] Now working with Linux using D-Bus
But it is not maintained anymore, so I set https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle to behave like Spectacle default.
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You're using function keys wrong
I use Rectangle too, but it's pretty annoying how many apps Rectangle has issues with. Apparently it's a macOS thing. So, Steam doesn't work at all. Facetime doesn't support switching between screens. etc. Another example with Messages: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle/issues/842
iTerm2
Posts with mentions or reviews of iTerm2.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-24.
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Best apps for a newbie to not miss ? I am going to use my first ever MBP I need recommendations please to make most of the machine
Maybe a different terminal emulator like iterm2 for one with tons of features or something like kitty or alacritty for a lighter weight terminal.
- For those who are expert at MacOS Terminal
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Colorize zsh Mac Terminal
1. Install iTerm2
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How to Create a Remote Development Environment Using Ubuntu Linux
Visual Studio Code Remote - SSH iTerm2 hyper Apple Terminal (pre installed on OS) Linux Terminal (pre installed on OS) Windows Terminal PuTTY
- Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?
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Make Mac usable for Linux user
macpaste for mouse copy and paste https://github.com/lodestone/macpaste and to have terminal where its own mouse paste can be disabled, iTerm2 https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2
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Reasons to change the default terminal to Warp
Moreover, there are tools were made on top of those to provide more functionalities, and fill some of the gaps, for instance, oh-my-zsh, Prezto, oh-my-fish, and much more. However, the default embedded terminal in macOS is still lacking something. That's why iTerm and other terminal like Hyper. It provides you a set of customization to boost your productivity.
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Master any CLI tool with this one weird trick
I use iTerm2 as my terminal, it is a great alternative to the default macOS terminal and has a lot of features - customization.
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Why Sixel?
Amongst newer 21st century OSS terminal emulators, there has been some work at revisiting better ways to encode raster graphics over telnet. In particular, you might want to look at George Nachman's iTerm2 and Kovid Goyal's Kitty, both of which support Sixel and their own newly-designed custom protocols for raster graphics, among other newfangled terminal features. Wezterm, another recent OSS terminal emulator, also support's Kitty's protocol.
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Switching over from Linux… some questions
It is Unix. Note that if you use Bash, you'll need to install the latest version yourself, Zsh is the default shell these days. Homebrew is a common package manager. And while macOS ships with a terminal app, called Terminal, others can be installed. I prefer iTerm. Good luck and have fun!
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Rectangle and iTerm2 you can also consider the following projects:
Amethyst - Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad.
yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
WindTerm - A professional cross-platform SSH/Sftp/Shell/Telnet/Serial terminal.
PlayCover - PlayCover is a project that allows you to sideload iOS apps on macOS (currently arm, Intel support will be tested)
alt-tab-macos - Windows alt-tab on macOS
linux
kitty - Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal
i3 - A tiling window manager for X11
HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)
simple-bar - A yabai status bar widget for Übersicht
AlDente-Charge-Limiter - macOS tool to limit maximum charging percentage