Supercharge Your Mac Terminal: A Step-by-Step Guide to iTerm2, Oh My Zsh & Powerlevel10k

1. powerlevel10k

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   A Zsh theme

   

   # 1. Backup existing configuration cp ~/.zshrc ~/.zshrc.backup 2>/dev/null || echo "No existing ~/.zshrc" # 2. Install Homebrew /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" # 3. Install iTerm2 brew install --cask iterm2 # 4. Install Oh My Zsh sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" # 5. Install Powerlevel10k theme git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k sed -i '' 's/ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"/ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k\/powerlevel10k"/' ~/.zshrc # 6. Install essential plugins git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting brew install autojump # 7. Restart terminal or reload configuration source ~/.zshrc

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3. ohmyzsh

   2 606 176,834 9.4 Shell

   🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,400+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

   

   Step 2: Setting Up Oh My ZSH

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

   

   Step 1: Installing and Configuring iTerm2

5. zsh-autosuggestions

   4 144 32,483 4.4 Shell

   Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh

   

   # 1. Backup existing configuration cp ~/.zshrc ~/.zshrc.backup 2>/dev/null || echo "No existing ~/.zshrc" # 2. Install Homebrew /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" # 3. Install iTerm2 brew install --cask iterm2 # 4. Install Oh My Zsh sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" # 5. Install Powerlevel10k theme git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k sed -i '' 's/ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"/ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k\/powerlevel10k"/' ~/.zshrc # 6. Install essential plugins git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting brew install autojump # 7. Restart terminal or reload configuration source ~/.zshrc

6. zsh-syntax-highlighting

   5 77 20,862 2.8 Shell

   Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

   

   # 1. Backup existing configuration cp ~/.zshrc ~/.zshrc.backup 2>/dev/null || echo "No existing ~/.zshrc" # 2. Install Homebrew /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" # 3. Install iTerm2 brew install --cask iterm2 # 4. Install Oh My Zsh sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" # 5. Install Powerlevel10k theme git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k sed -i '' 's/ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"/ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k\/powerlevel10k"/' ~/.zshrc # 6. Install essential plugins git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting brew install autojump # 7. Restart terminal or reload configuration source ~/.zshrc

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