iTerm2

iTerm2
	iTerm2 screenshot showing multiple tabs, split panes, regular expression search highlighting, and UTF-8 support.
Developer(s)	George Nachman
Stable release	3.5.4 / July 20, 2024;4 months ago
Repository	github.com/gnachman/iTerm2;
Operating system	macOS
Type	Terminal emulator
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	www.iterm2.com

iTerm2is afree and open-source terminal emulatorformacOS,licensed underGPL-2.0-or-later.It was derived from and has mostly supplanted the earlier "iTerm" application.

iTerm2 supports operating system features such as window transparency, full-screen mode,split panes,ExposéTabs,Growlnotifications, 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

AMozilla-sponsored 2019code auditfound one serious security vulnerability in iTerm2'stmuxintegration, 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-inTerminal 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 thantmuxby lacking a Linux version.^[13]

References

^"Release v3.5.4 · gnachman/iTerm2".GitHub.Retrieved2024-09-09.
^"Features".iTerm2.com.Retrieved2015-08-26.
^Bohon, Cory (2012-11-12)."Terminal 101: 2 Alternative Terminal Emulators Worth Looking At".MacLife.Archived fromthe originalon 2015-08-30.Retrieved2015-08-26.
^^a ^b ^cRourke, Mike (2018-09-25).Learn WebAssembly: Build web applications with native performance using Wasm and C/C++.Packt Publishing Ltd. p. 77.ISBN 978-1-78899-546-7.
^Kettner, Benjamin; Geisler, Frank (2019-07-13).Docker für Dummies(in German). John Wiley & Sons.ISBN 978-3-527-82218-8.
^Esmaili, Rebekah B. (2021-08-24).Earth Observation Using Python: A Practical Programming Guide.John Wiley & Sons. p. 270.ISBN 978-1-119-60688-8.
^Claburn, Thomas (October 10, 2019)."iTerm2 issues emergency update after MOSS finds a fatal flaw in its terminal code".The Register.Retrieved2023-05-26.
^Poe, Curtis (2012-09-19).Beginning Perl.John Wiley & Sons. p. 15.ISBN 978-1-118-01384-7.
^Satheesh, Mithun; D'mello, Bruno Joseph; Krol, Jason (2015-10-30).Web Development with MongoDB and NodeJS.Packt Publishing Ltd. p. 14.ISBN 978-1-78528-745-9.
^McLevey, John (2021-12-15).Doing Computational Social Science: A Practical Introduction.SAGE Publications.p. 15.ISBN 978-1-5297-3670-0.
^Rhett, Jo (2016-03-24).Learning Puppet 4: A Guide to Configuration Management and Automation.O'Reilly Media.p. 18.ISBN 978-1-4919-0801-3.
^Ritter, Tom (2019-10-09)."Critical Security Issue identified in iTerm2 as part of Mozilla Open Source Audit".Mozilla Security Blog.Retrieved2023-05-26.
^McDonnell, Mark (2014-12-02).tmux Taster.Apress. p. 2.ISBN 978-1-4842-0775-8.

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[1] "Release v3.5.4 · gnachman/iTerm2".GitHub.Retrieved2024-09-09.

[2] "Features".iTerm2.com.Retrieved2015-08-26.

[3] Bohon, Cory (2012-11-12)."Terminal 101: 2 Alternative Terminal Emulators Worth Looking At".MacLife.Archived fromthe originalon 2015-08-30.Retrieved2015-08-26.

[:0-4] Rourke, Mike (2018-09-25).Learn WebAssembly: Build web applications with native performance using Wasm and C/C++.Packt Publishing Ltd. p. 77.ISBN 978-1-78899-546-7.

[5] Kettner, Benjamin; Geisler, Frank (2019-07-13).Docker für Dummies(in German). John Wiley & Sons.ISBN 978-3-527-82218-8.

[6] Esmaili, Rebekah B. (2021-08-24).Earth Observation Using Python: A Practical Programming Guide.John Wiley & Sons. p. 270.ISBN 978-1-119-60688-8.

[7] Claburn, Thomas (October 10, 2019)."iTerm2 issues emergency update after MOSS finds a fatal flaw in its terminal code".The Register.Retrieved2023-05-26.

[8] Poe, Curtis (2012-09-19).Beginning Perl.John Wiley & Sons. p. 15.ISBN 978-1-118-01384-7.

[9] Satheesh, Mithun; D'mello, Bruno Joseph; Krol, Jason (2015-10-30).Web Development with MongoDB and NodeJS.Packt Publishing Ltd. p. 14.ISBN 978-1-78528-745-9.

[10] McLevey, John (2021-12-15).Doing Computational Social Science: A Practical Introduction.SAGE Publications.p. 15.ISBN 978-1-5297-3670-0.

[11] Rhett, Jo (2016-03-24).Learning Puppet 4: A Guide to Configuration Management and Automation.O'Reilly Media.p. 18.ISBN 978-1-4919-0801-3.

[12] Ritter, Tom (2019-10-09)."Critical Security Issue identified in iTerm2 as part of Mozilla Open Source Audit".Mozilla Security Blog.Retrieved2023-05-26.

[13] McDonnell, Mark (2014-12-02).tmux Taster.Apress. p. 2.ISBN 978-1-4842-0775-8.

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