Hyper Setup

Hyper is an Electron-based terminal built on HTML/CSS/JS. I like how less configurations I need to do to start doing my work. Credits to @cesarmcferreira for this neat setup.

To install, simply run the following in your terminal:

brew install hyper

After installing, open Hyper and use it for the rest of the setup.

Theme

hyper snazzy an elegant Hyper theme with bright colors https://github.com/sindresorhus/hyper-snazzy

You'll need to install the PURE prompt installed first before proceeding

hyper install hyper-snazzy

Shell

Zsh

Since macOS Catalina and higher, Zsh has been adopted replacing Bash. So no need to manually install zsh anymore. If you're not sure you can run echo "$SHELL" on your terminal and you should get /bin/zsh as a response.

Zsh Framework

Oh-my-zsh is an open-source, community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration http://ohmyz.sh/

Installation:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Prompt

Pure is a pretty, minimal, and fast ZSH prompt https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure

But you'll need node installed first:

brew install node

Then, to install:

npm install --global pure-prompt

And add this to the end of your ~/.zshrc

# .zshrc
autoload -U promptinit; promptinit
prompt pure

FAQ

What is a .zshrc file? Basically, it's a Z-shell resource that contains all your configurations.

How do I edit / access the .zshrc file?

Your .zshrc file is usually located at the root. To open, use your default text editor:

open ~/.zshrc

Big Sur Issue: After installing Brew, I get a "command not found"

Simply open your .zshrc file and add this:

export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH

Zsh Plugins

Zsh autosuggestions

zsh-autosuggestions is a Fish-like fast/unobtrusive autosuggestions for zsh. It suggests commands as you type based on command history.

Installation:

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

Search for the plugins line inside ~/.zshrc and add the plugin to the list of plugins for Oh My Zsh to load

plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions)

Zsh Syntax Highlighting

zsh-syntax-highlighting is a Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

Installation:

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

Then again, search for the plugins line inside ~/.zshrc and add the plugin to the list of plugins for Oh My Zsh to load

plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)

You need to source your config

source ~/.zshrc