The oh-my-zsh install will replace your default terminal with zsh automatically when installed.

Then let's use Homebrew to download and install iTerm 2: brew cask install iterm2 We will be using it to download iTerm, but you can use it to download lots of other packages as well.įirst, if you don't have already, let's download and install Homebrew. Think of HomeBrew as a package manager to install and manage software on macOS. You can simply download iTerm from its website, but since you are I assume a terminal user, I highly recommend you to use Homebrew. To get started, we have to install a few things first. Strangers will come up to you in cafés and ask you, 'that is amazing! are you some sort of genius?'Īre you sold yet? I am for sure. Once installed, your terminal shell will become the talk of the town or your money back! With each keystroke in your command prompt, you'll take advantage of the hundreds of powerful plugins and beautiful themes. Oh My Zsh will not make you a 10x developer.but you may feel like one.