Everything I Installed on My New Mac

• exa

  129 23,290 3.5 Rust

  A modern replacement for ‘ls’.

I still use exa for listing files in the terminal. It's a modern replacement for ls with a lot of useful features. With icons, colors, and git integration, it makes listing files much nicer.

• zoxide

  100 18,767 8.1 Rust

  A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.

I also still use zoxide for navigating directories. It's a smarter cd command that learns your habits and makes navigating directories a breeze.

• InfluxDB

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  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• kitty

  289 21,995 9.9 Python

  Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal

Alacritty is my terminal of choice. It's super customizable and plenty fast. It doesn't get in your way and just lets you get things done. It doesn't have tabs like iTerm or Kitty but I don't mind that because I use it with tmux which I have previously written about in my workflow post.

• bat

  195 46,630 9.5 Rust

  A cat(1) clone with wings.

bat is a modern replacement for cat with syntax highlighting and themes. I use it for a lot of things, but the coolest use of it that I have is to use it to preview files while fuzzy searching using fzf and opening that file in neovim.

• fzf

  407 59,920 9.6 Go

  :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

bat is a modern replacement for cat with syntax highlighting and themes. I use it for a lot of things, but the coolest use of it that I have is to use it to preview files while fuzzy searching using fzf and opening that file in neovim.

• starship

  298 40,834 9.7 Rust

  ☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

  

For my prompt, I still use Starship although my configuration has changed a bit. I've switched the pure preset which is a lot more minimal and less distracting.

• iTerm2

  169 14,556 9.6 Objective-C

  iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

Alacritty is my terminal of choice. It's super customizable and plenty fast. It doesn't get in your way and just lets you get things done. It doesn't have tabs like iTerm or Kitty but I don't mind that because I use it with tmux which I have previously written about in my workflow post.

• SaaSHub

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• fnm

  62 15,577 6.7 Rust

  🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust

fnm is a fast and simple Node.js version manager. It's really easy to use and is much faster than nvm.

• fish-shell

  320 24,593 9.9 Rust

  The user-friendly command line shell.

  

Since writing my wsl workflow post, I've switched from zsh to fish. It's a more modern shell that comes with autosuggestions, syntax highlighting and a lot more out of the box. It even has web-based configuration which makes it super easy to customize and preview your changes.

• cli

  253 35,449 9.7 Go

  GitHub’s official command line tool

  

GitHub CLI has become an essential part of my workflow. I use it for creating, cloning, and managing repositories. It also makes creating a pull request a breeze. Highly recommend using it, it'll save you a lot of time. It's just a brew install gh away.

• HomeBrew

  1,281 39,456 10.0 Ruby

  🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

  

Homebrew is an excellent package manager for macOS. It made installing all the tools I needed a breeze. Need node? brew install node. Need neovim? brew install neovim. You get the idea. It's a must- have if you're using a Mac.

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