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iTerm for Mac

Modern fork of older iTerm project.

Free
In English
4.7
Based on 47 user rates

iTerm overview

iTerm is a fork of the older iTerm project. iTerm is a Terminal replacement and the successor of iTerm. It focuses on speed, internationalization, and building new features to improve your life.

What’s new in version 3.5.3

New Features
  • You can now run iTerm2 from a script with --command=xxx to open a window running the specified command.
  • If you make a selection in the composer prior to pressing shift-enter, only the selection is sent (and no newline is appended).
  • Add support for multi-line search queries.
  • Add support for DECRQDE.
Improvements
  • Saved arrangements with invalid locales can now be updated by the same UI that helps you pick a valid locale.
  • When using focus follows mouse and the mouse exits the search panel give the terminal keyboard focus.
  • Add "share command output" to the command share menu (the share button visible when using auto composer).
  • Add option to copy both command and output to the command share menu.
  • Reorganize command share menu to make mroe sense.
  • When navigating to a mark, select its command automatically.
  • Improve appearance of cursor guide.
  • Fix a bug where cmd-0 didn't reset the font correctly when a non-ASCII font isn't in use.
  • When you do cmd-E and the search mode is regex, escape the string so it matches.
  • Don't show offscreen command line if the cursor is under it.
  • Improve locale-picking dialog. You can now choose a minimal locale if you just want UTF-8 support but no localizations.
  • Add Info button to past commands when auto composer is in use.
  • Make snippet search work like profile search.
Bug Fixes
  • Fix crashes
  • Fix a bug where the customized terminfo provided by iTerm2 had compatibility problems.
  • Fix a bug where colors in background images were wrong.
  • Fix a bug where cmd-hover didn't alwasy show a link preview.
  • Fix a bug where $PATH was sometimes missing expected values.
  • Fix a bug where OSC 8 URLs didn't always work.
  • Fix a bug where the Auto Composer's height was too short.
  • Fix a bug where sending a snippet with a tag filter from the Toolbelt could send the wrong snippet.
  • Fix a bug where 'Terminal may report window title' was not honored.
  • Fix crashes.
  • Fix autocomplete, which was completely broken.
  • Don't trim whitespace when copying with control sequences.
  • Greatly improve the appearance of selected commands when a background image is present.
  • Improve appearance of offscreen command line in GPU renderer.
  • Fix incorrectly drawn powerline symbols.
  • Fix incorrectly drawn box characters.
  • Fix a bug where triggers that match on the bell didn't work.
  • Fix performance problems some users experienced with ssh.
  • Fix a bug where some programs weren't correctly detected as the active job (e.g., in session titles).
  • Fix a bug where the composer didn't get keyboard focus when AI produces a command.
  • Fix nonstandard behavior when dragging a window.
  • Fix Copy when auto composer is in use and the terminal has a selection but the composer does not.
  • Fix a bug where modifier remapping didn't do the right thing when releasing a key, causing problems with cmd-tab.
  • Fix a bug where cmd-0 didn't reset the font correctly when a non-ascii font isn't in use.
  • Fix a bug where some controls were the wrong colors against dark backgrounds.
  • Fix discrepancy in box drawing characters gpu vs legacy.
  • Fix bug in escaping regexes that have backslashes.
  • Improve IME support in Composer.
  • Fix font selection visual bugs in macOS 10.15.
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iTerm for Mac

Free
In English
Version 3.5.3

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4.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.7

(36 Reviews of iTerm)

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kom
kom
Dec 28 2023
3.4.23
4.0
Dec 28 2023
4.0
Version: 3.4.23
Current version of iTerm2 requires macOS 10.15 or later. The final version that supports macOS 10.14 is iTerm2 3.4.16.
hanzmu9
hanzmu9
May 28 2021
3.4.8
0.0
May 28 2021
0.0
Version: 3.4.8
Highly recommend it ! iTerm is a good replacement for basic terminal window
hannahkominsky67
hannahkominsky67
May 25 2021
3.4.8
3.0
May 25 2021
3.0
Version: 3.4.8
Wow, it's fantastic terminal emulator! Really like itttttttt!
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Oct 14 2019
3.3.6
0.0
Oct 14 2019
0.0
Version: 3.3.6
The v3.3.6 update is CRITICAL due to an ancient security flaw just discovered, CVE-2019-9535. More here: '7-Year-Old Critical RCE Flaw Found in Popular iTerm2 macOS Terminal App' https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/iterm2-macos-terminal-rce.html
ecjb
ecjb
Mar 28 2019
3.2.8
5.0
Mar 28 2019
5.0
Version: 3.2.8
The program is free, but the author has a donate button on his website. Just having multiple panes per tab was enough to have me install the app and donate $20 to him for it. The app has many other features as well and is an awesome terminal emulator.
kom
kom
Jul 26 2023
3.4.19
4.0
Jul 26 2023
4.0
Version: 3.4.19
RobertAudi
RobertAudi
Sep 29 2022
3.4.16
5.0
Sep 29 2022
5.0
Version: 3.4.16
xouzouras
xouzouras
Jul 23 2022
3.4.16
5.0
Jul 23 2022
5.0
Version: 3.4.16
Nazaire
Nazaire
Jun 1 2021
3.4.8
5.0
Jun 1 2021
5.0
Version: 3.4.8
hannahkominsky67
hannahkominsky67
May 25 2021
3.4.8
3.0
May 25 2021
3.0
Version: 3.4.8
ecjb
ecjb
Mar 28 2019
5.0
Mar 28 2019
5.0
Version: null
vladi-petrov
vladi-petrov
Nov 17 2018
5.0
Nov 17 2018
5.0
Version: null
kenbrunell
kenbrunell
Oct 29 2018
5.0
Oct 29 2018
5.0
Version: null
benam
benam
Oct 26 2018
5.0
Oct 26 2018
5.0
Version: null
Shock-J
Shock-J
Sep 26 2018
5.0
Sep 26 2018
5.0
Version: null
Dep-Dol
Dep-Dol
Jul 21 2018
5.0
Jul 21 2018
5.0
Version: null
anonymous-lungfish
anonymous-lungfish
Mar 12 2018
5.0
Mar 12 2018
5.0
Version: null
tower3120
tower3120
Jan 28 2018
5.0
Jan 28 2018
5.0
Version: null
codeashobby
codeashobby
Nov 1 2017
5.0
Nov 1 2017
5.0
Version: null
PRjohnson
PRjohnson
Aug 6 2017
5.0
Aug 6 2017
5.0
Version: null
Tarek-Raafat
Tarek-Raafat
Jun 28 2017
3.5
Jun 28 2017
3.5
Version: null
isdn
isdn
May 14 2017
5.0
May 14 2017
5.0
Version: null
Awado
Awado
Dec 24 2016
5.0
Dec 24 2016
5.0
Version: null
KHNT
KHNT
Dec 7 2016
5.0
Dec 7 2016
5.0
Version: null
evilinstone
evilinstone
Sep 3 2016
2.0
Sep 3 2016
2.0
Version: null
ggt667
ggt667
Sep 3 2016
5.0
Sep 3 2016
5.0
Version: null
Hleinders
Hleinders
Jul 29 2016
5.0
Jul 29 2016
5.0
Version: null
kscmint
kscmint
Jun 23 2016
4.5
Jun 23 2016
4.5
Version: null
trim262
trim262
Feb 25 2016
5.0
Feb 25 2016
5.0
Version: null
Ceeone
Ceeone
Dec 9 2015
5.0
Dec 9 2015
5.0
Version: null
ToruX
ToruX
Sep 11 2015
5.0
Sep 11 2015
5.0
Version: null
ssbarnea
ssbarnea
May 31 2015
5.0
May 31 2015
5.0
Version: null
sketchdesigner
sketchdesigner
Apr 7 2015
5.0
Apr 7 2015
5.0
Version: null
chrisgeorge0627
chrisgeorge0627
Mar 23 2015
5.0
Mar 23 2015
5.0
Version: null
dspolaris
dspolaris
Oct 19 2014
4.5
Oct 19 2014
4.5
Version: null
Not-Invented-Here
Not-Invented-Here
Jul 30 2014
5.0
Jul 30 2014
5.0
Version: null
Lo116
Lo116
Jul 21 2014
5.0
Jul 21 2014
5.0
Version: null
Hachepunto
Hachepunto
Jul 16 2014
5.0
Jul 16 2014
5.0
Version: null
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
Jul 15 2014
5.0
Jul 15 2014
5.0
Version: null
Akanico
Akanico
May 25 2014
5.0
May 25 2014
5.0
Version: null
meikravetscom8176
meikravetscom8176
Feb 18 2014
4.5
Feb 18 2014
4.5
Version: null
Shodan
Shodan
Jan 7 2014
4.5
Jan 7 2014
4.5
Version: null
Vanish
Vanish
Oct 26 2013
4.5
Oct 26 2013
4.5
Version: null
Dan-D
Dan-D
Sep 22 2013
4.5
Sep 22 2013
4.5
Version: null
Dm9999
Dm9999
May 15 2013
5.0
May 15 2013
5.0
Version: null