ITerm2

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iTerm2
Developer(s) George Nachman
Stable release
3.5.1 / June 11, 2024;1 day ago (2024-06-11) [1]
Repository
Operating system macOS
Type Terminal emulator
License GPL-2.0-or-later
Website www.iterm2.com

iTerm2 is a free and open-source terminal emulator for macOS, licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later. It was derived from and has mostly supplanted the earlier "iTerm" application.

Contents

iTerm2 supports operating system features such as window transparency, full-screen mode, split panes, Exposé Tabs, Growl notifications, and standard keyboard shortcuts. Other features include customizable profiles, Instant Replay of past terminal input/output, [2] [3] a Toolbelt showing running jobs and a command history, [4] the ability to open when a key combination is pressed, [5] and autocomplete. [6]

History

A Mozilla-sponsored 2019 code audit found one serious security vulnerability in iTerm2's tmux integration, which developer George Nachman fixed in an update. [7]

Reception

Software engineer Mike Rourke called it an "excellent [...] more full-featured Terminal" than Apple's built-in Terminal app. [4] iTerm2 is recommended in several programming books, [4] [8] [9] [10] with engineer Jo Rhett and Mozilla's Tom Ritter describing it as one of the most popular terminal emulators. [11] [12] Developer Mark McDonnel noted its additional features but criticized it for being less ubiquitous than tmux by lacking a Linux version. [13]

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References

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  8. ↑ Poe, Curtis (2012-09-19). Beginning Perl. John Wiley & Sons. p. 15. ISBN   978-1-118-01384-7.
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  10. ↑ McLevey, John (2021-12-15). Doing Computational Social Science: A Practical Introduction. SAGE Publications. p. 15. ISBN   978-1-5297-3670-0.
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