gnachman/iTerm2
iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5628
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
17970 stars · 1466 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
iTerm2 is a free, open-source terminal emulator for macOS that replaces the built-in Terminal app with a feature-rich alternative. It offers split panes, tmux integration, shell integration, hotkey windows, inline images, triggers, and a built-in AI chat.
Use cases
- replace the default macOS Terminal with a more powerful terminal emulator
- split a terminal window into multiple panes for parallel work
- keep SSH and tmux sessions alive across disconnects and app restarts
- summon a drop-down terminal with a global hotkey
- display images and charts inline in the terminal
- automatically switch terminal profiles based on hostname or directory
- get AI-assisted explanations of terminal output
- search and autocomplete within terminal scrollback
When to avoid
- you are on Linux or Windows - iTerm2 is macOS only
- you need a lightweight, minimal terminal with low resource usage
- you prefer GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminals like Alacritty or Kitty
- you need GPL-incompatible licensing in your project
Facets
application · maturity stable
terminal-ui developer-tools gui cli developer-tools cross-platform terminal-emulator tmux-integration shell-integration split-panes hotkey-window ai-chat gpu-rendering command-line macos desktop
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2 · fetched 2026-08-28 · b14e1490aa26
- homepage: https://iterm2.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4734bd34238c
- site_page: https://iterm2.com/features.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 36f4fe4268df
- site_page: https://iterm2.com/documentation.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 957c69069ab5
- site_page: https://iterm2.com/faq.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0b30a7958c65
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| gnachman/iTerm2 | main | 77 |
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