How to make your Linux or Mac terminal BEAUTIFUL

🚨🚨INSTALL WARP HERE: warp.dev/?... 🚨🚨
In this video, I want to show you how to make your Mac OS AND Linux (AND windows) Terminal absolutely beautiful with just a few tools. Using Warp, Starship, Catppuccin color theme, and nerdfonts, we can get some amazing things out of our terminal. I use this setup for my terminal every day while programming, and I love looking at it all day long. If I had friends, they'd totally be jealous now.
Starship toml: github.com/typecraft-dev/dotf...
X: / typecraft_dev
Nerdfonts: www.nerdfonts.com/
chapters:
0:00 - intro and showing off
1:06 - inspiration behind this setup
1:57 - getting started with the warp terminal
2:05 - Warp is coming to linux soon!
2:42 - Install Warp on Mac OS
3:20 - Warps features
4:34 - Catppuccin, an excellent color theme
5:40 - NERDFONTS
6:50 - Starship makes our command prompt gorgeous
9:22 - catppuccin starship - and ending

[@mahirabbas3700]

thanks nerd

[@mahirabbas3700]

im more of a dog person

[@lel7531]

Installing warp is a grave mistake and you need an account to even use it, not even talking about all of the telemetry collected by them

[@mohitkumar-jv2bx]

I totally second this. How can anyone who is intimate with their terminal, use one which is not open source. I can't trust that terminal at all.

[@stevedylandev]

Is warp still requiring sign in? Video gave the impression it didn’t which got me a bit excited. It’s the reason I haven’t used it so far :/

[@devchaudhary78]

Can't agree more, using a software which is not open source and is constantly monitoring every activity is a bit sussy, though starship is really amazing!

[@bladeboles9167]

Warp weirds me out a bit too. Feel nervous typing anything sensitive in there.

[@JavierHarford]

Apparently they got rid of telemetry but when kitty and wezterm exist then its a no from me, starship works with any of those to without an email sign in

[@mpete0273]

If you don't like warp, try fish shell. It has syntax highlights, completion hints, fuzzy-search, and vim mode, all out of the box. Fish shell also runs in any emulator, including alacritty and kitty.

[@ShakaVegapunk]

That's unbelievable! I was in the middle of tweaking my shell when this video popped up in my recommendations, completely altering the direction I was planning to take with my shell setup. Thanks, nerd!

[@jacovanzyl558]

This is like the 3rd video of yours that I see first thing in the morning, add to my setup, and be happy the rest of the day. Thanks nerd!

[@foxleewooisiang5519]

Cannot find the catppuccin colour style's starship toml file in your GitHub space

[@ParanoidxProd]

I've been partial to Alacritty, Zellij and Sheldon for any ZSH plugins for my terminal setup. Warp seems nice but I like Alacritty's philosophy around being a terminal and nothing more. Zellij handles panes and tabs, Sheldon handles plugins like better coloring, autocomplete and vim mode. Agree that Starship is amazing!

[@blazestorm54]

if you have experience with both, how do you like zellij vs tmux?

[@gaji]

I had huge issues with zellij default keybinds for macOS for jumping next/previous word in alacritty. Just went tmux+alacritty instead.

[@hesam-init]

me to bro i think alacritty with zellij and zsh is a awsome match for any use case.

[@equu497]

I want to like zellij but the fact there's no real way to navigate between zellij/neovim like there is with tmux was what kept me away. Although, the built in multiplexer on westerm has been a great alternative

[@ParanoidxProd]

@@blazestorm54 I just happened to happened to like the default zellij keybindings better and found it easier to configure. I tried both briefly before going with zellij so I wouldn't say I'm the best judge of this.

[@MichaelLazarski]

I would use Warp but I dont want to a terminal which forces me to logn with an account :(

[@felipegutierrez2944]

I love this content! I'm learning tons, thanks! Are you planing to continue your js web scraping content?

[@typecraft_dev]

maybe I should huh :)

[@RayBas]

If you like me wondering why the starship config isn't loading in Warp while it is working in iTerm. Edit the prompt you're using for Warp. Goto settings / appearance then change:Warp prompt (default) to PS1 Maybe it's in the vid but then I missed / skipped it :)

[@gsv9773]

thanks. Also config file needs to be created before applying preset

[@Samji3877]

thanks Ray! was 'bash'ing my head on the terminal for a while there

[@matheusalexandre3759]

Thanks nerd!

[@ChrisNoesen]

Another amazing video! Keep em coming!

[@typecraft_dev]

Thanks! Will do!

[@mentalmarvin]

No thanks. Warp is close sourced, requires an account to even use and has opt-in telemetry by default

[@ascourter]

Haven't used Warp yet but this is a great setup video! Thanks

[@AWorthingt]

I love that you rep Catppuccin!

[@typecraft_dev]

its the best

[@PetrenkoAndrii]

This is the dream video! Warp with catppuccin is the best for everyday work. Installing it right now! But will it work with tmux stuff? Make a video on it, please. So cool to see the video, start using and not to make own research. Never had time. Thank you much, friend :)

[@keshavkhatri3206]

Thanks nerd!

[@jonolo6]

Im curious about your tmux setup (I assume you use smth for window/pane splits). Personally i use kitty and have a neovim kitty navigation plugin helper so I can navigate easily between neovim panes, and when at the edges, the same shortcut takes me to the next kitty pane/window

[@Kaka-zs4cp]

Well, I’m happy for you to get the support bud! But I already feel into the warp trap once.

[@raymondvanderwerf]

superb! thx for this 🔥 ....subscribed

[@lastink444]

ok, starship is true discovery of the week my guy, thanks a lot

You forgot to show/mention that warp requires you to create an account and login just to use it.

[@stevenrodriguez2882]

Warp seems cool, but is it safe for work with the data collected?

[@PixyTech]

Hi! Great vid! How to setup terminal status bar like in intro section? Is it build into iterm2? What theme is this?

[@typecraft_dev]

Keep watching - the second half of the video goes into configuring the status bar. Enjoy!

[@lukaLondaridze]

Hey typecraft, which current Linux terminals would you recommend for Neovim? Kitty? Alacritty or WezTerm? Thx in advance

[@LudoTechWorld]

It doesn't make any difference, Neovim works the same on any terminal (better to use one that support 24bits colors though for colorschemes, but the three you mentioned do). Now, if you want ligature support and/or image support, you can remove Alacritty from your list. If you want full multi-platform support, you can remove Kitty, which leaves only WezTerm. Otherwise, the three of them are very good. But you you can also try Warp as in the video if you're on Mac, or other alternative like Rio, Contour, etc...

[@j1d7s]

I am not typecraft... But I can recommend kitty, I never had problems with that terminal and I have been using it for some 3-4 years. I have a very small config file for that, much smaller than my zsh configuration.

[@74Bagas]

can't go wrong. installed all. i am on alacritty side, though. i am not into ligature or image preview. image preview on wezterm (on yazi file manager) just works. for me, i removed kitty.

[@j1d7s]

@@LudoTechWorld Thanks for chiming in, the missing ligature support maybe was the reason why I switched from alacritty at the time, but I don't remember.

[@EmileNani]

I'm going to recommend something not as popular. Konsole just works for me. I tried wezterm and it's nice but was laggy. I wemt back to Konsole and couldn't be happier

[@fschlegelone]

I dont know what I think about warp.. I mean it's pretty cool, but it feels so different from "normal" terminal emulators

[@typecraft_dev]

Like this comment if you want a dedicated tutorial on Starship and custom TOML setup!

[@VinitKhandagle]

There's not a good one!!! and with your style of teaching I am sure it will be good one :)

[@Kaka-zs4cp]

Oh this one would be awesome

[@user-jj2gs9ry7o]

I have tried everything for some reason wrap is not reading the .zshrc if I open my regular terminal I can see the starship theme but for some reason wrap is just stuck on default.

[@Samji3877]

same, quite the headache

[@Samji3877]

found it! settings - appearance - under 'Prompt' click on the 'Current prompt' and choose the PS1 option that pops up - sorted

[@user-jj2gs9ry7o]

@@Samji3877 Thanks finally

[@PetrSzturc]

Thanks for sharing your ideas. Does anyone know about any other terminal where you can fix position of the prompt to bottom/top? I am searching for such for some time but havent found any. Warp is probably first?

[@NateInTech]

Do you ever run the :terminal command in Neovim to run your shell within Neovim so you don't have to exit the software? Your same shell along with benefit of the Vim motions.

[@RashidRysaev]

Thank you a lot, very nice one.

[@salamoureux]

the starship.toml file isn't in your dotfiles repo, could you add it?

[@SingasongAoC]

Looking nice but it is a no go! First: Closed Source Terminal is not an option, not even for personal use. The amount of secrets in form of passwords or keys you send over here is far too high and the information too sensitive. Second: Why should I need to log in an account for a terminal session - this is not the kind of app i want to share even a bit of over the "open" web. Third: AI will be limited to 20 requests per day oder you have to pay. Sorry - copilot ate that monthly budget already.

[@typecraft_dev]

Appreciate your opinion! Those are valid concerns

[@maurofagiani2365]

I would add zoxide to your zshrc (or any other shell) for blazing fast directory change

[@iduran]

Prefer Alacritty>Kitty>Wezterm>iTerm>……>Warp. Warp doesn’t even work with fish, at least not for me in Mac. So will stick with my top 2 + Starship. Thanks for cool videos though.

[@Kaka-zs4cp]

Dont tell me you are using wrap… I’m just 37 seconds in but all these features better be on alacrity

[@mpete0273]

Everything he mentioned about warp is provided by Fish shell, which runs in any emulator, alacritty included.

[@Kaka-zs4cp]

Yeah, fish is nice! I use zsh though just because bash is more generalized and the differences when scripting for zsh and bash are “minimal” But all the features I already got installed on alacrity. I just feel like warp is try hard to promoted themselves as the future terminal, but try using warp with tmux and you will back away pretty fast from warp! Alacrity + tmux is crazy

[@typecraft_dev]

koob-uh-neetus?

[@PetrenkoAndrii]

keits or kube 🙂

[@Laggedskapari]

Another banger from nerd!

[@Laggedskapari]

But I feel warp doesn't give that minimalistic feel like iTerm does...idk maybe I hate change.

[@mjmmohiuddin4898]

If I copy paste all the files and directories from 1 Linux system to another linex system, would I be able to run the same application which was there is previous system from which I have copied the files and directories. Please kindly check and advise...

[@prazolbista]

0:48 Man I'm your new friend and yes I love it

[@OscillatingLightBulb]

As an aspiring nerd, I give this content 5 hotdogs.

[@user-ce2qu5ii2d]

@typecraft hows come control+/ doesnt seem to work properly with warp? my nvim keymap opens the terminal with and its the only nvim keybinding that doesnt work in warp. i removed all warp keybinds that use / and my keymap still desont work, works in everyother termnial except warp.

[@jimcarroll9738]

Nice preso, decent pace, lighting, audio (+voice). Not keen on the jump-cuts, but I'm guessing this is due to making mistakes and re-recording sections, then editing them together? FYI I wouldn't say starship is a replacement for oh-my-zsh, but rather for alt themes such as powerlevel10k. And just set `ZSH_THEME=""` to disable the oh-my-zsh theme. I still like the oh-my-zsh plugins that let me save a few keystrokes, such as typing `..` to go to the parent dir (rather than `cd ..`), `...` to go to the parent-parent dir, etc. I'd looked at starship a while back; it really helped that you took the extra steps to show a nice custom prompt! I've switched over 🙂

[@user-ks4jy9pe9h]

I tried Warp but didn't like it. It's too cluttered and overloaded with stuff I don't need. Just my my opinion and taste. I like it more minimal. Kitty is still my favorite so far.

[@j1d7s]

I will try Warp when it is available for Linux, but I am not sure I will like it, it starts looking like VS Code. I just want a plain box with no sidebar, popups etc. The fancy stuff all goes into my Neovim config.

[@typecraft_dev]

its all personal preference for sure (thanks for being a member!!)

[@sumitpradhan4328]

I used tmux and neovim. I dont know why but the lualine in tmux is not showing as without tmux. Tmux is disrupting the look of neovim.

[@anrskp]

@typecraft can you recommend a good monitor for macbook ? :)

[@typecraft_dev]

benq has come out with some great monitors lately. Dell is good and so is LG. honestly anything 4k is excellent for macbook

[@anrskp]

@@typecraft_dev been looking at dell ultraSharp U2723QE - i'm just a bit worried about the scaling for 4k

[@anrskp]

@@typecraft_dev been looking at dell ultraSharp U2723QE ( for the inbuild hub ) - i'm just a bit worried about the scaling on 4k

[@rajivkct]

​@@typecraft_devcan you please suggest the ideal size. 27 inch or 32 inch? What would be the ideal scaling?

[@deafpolygon]

why do i want telemetry and ai data collection in my term?

[@_evillevi]

If telemetry and cloud features in warp can be opted out, why does it still require a login?

[@RuoXuanMIng]

i have question im newbie on Linux but Pro on windows, i tried Manjaro, Linux Mint, Zoirn-OS, Deep-in Linux, Makulu-Linux, Personally im in love with Mint, due to some reason to work on Windows 11, i never tried them again just for two month, now i want really want to Linux Only for my personal and work use. can you suggest me which one is best for me because my work is posting PC games on my personal website only. i also want secure environment, no leakage of my User-Password etc after work in free time just Browsing and watch Movies. you can suggest me any Linux Distro Fedora, Ubuntu whatever you think best for me. My laptop Specification are.. Intel 8th Gen Processor. 16GB RAM, and Hard drive..512Gb NVME.

[@mokied]

Doesn't seem like warp smoothly integrate with tmux like iTerm2. Have you found a solution for this?

[@sharanupst]

have you had issues with tmux and warp ?

[@typecraft_dev]

not personally. I can use tmux in warp (but I lose the warp functionality like AI, autocompelte, etc..)

[@shaileshsundram]

Where's the quake mode for Warp?

[@cody_codes_youtube]

Neckbeard mode!

[@manee427]

iterm is far more better because it is completly free . Warp is commercial product

[@jaredmcqueen3833]

so many good jokes in here, dig your content!

[@rajkunwersingh1467]

Hey man, I tried a lot but I am not seeing the starship prompt. Can you help anyway?

[@rajkunwersingh1467]

BTW, it is working

[@DeveloperLeon]

Alas, I couldn't get starship working with Warp - it works with all my other terminals which is a shame, because Warp has been my main terminal for a while!

[@garage_logician]

try going into the appearance setting and select user prompt rather than one of the Warp prompts. I ran into that issue, I was able to get the prompt to display but ran into another issue (black arrow dividers on the catppucin prompt, instead of the continuous color)

[@debianmeister]

Loved the starship part. Thanks for the port of gruvbox-rainbow to catppuccin palette!

[@juansebastiansanchezveland3432]

Hi why you put the haskell icon for the os.symbols for macos?

[@typecraft_dev]

I couldnt find the apple glyph. lol. haskell has a great looking glyph

[@juansebastiansanchezveland3432]

@@typecraft_dev Agreed, also big fan since the neovim series!!

[@vianch_tog]

But why do you prefer starship over powerlevel10k?

[@74Bagas]

let's go,. alacritty + monaspace + starship + tokyo night + oh my zsh, that's me for now. gonna try warp btw, if it's in linux of course. can't wait.

[@typecraft_dev]

that is a sweet setup!

[@HowToLinux]

monaspace is realy nice

[@yudis10]

there is no Starship toml file in the link provided.

[@mohammadamintootoonchi9258]

You give Primeagen vibes which is good

[@cagrizorkol]

i try to do this but i can't. because my terminal theme powerlevel-10k. how can i configure starship?

[@typecraft_dev]

basically you'd remove all your powerlevel10k stuff from your ~/.zshrc file. and instead include starship

[@zhangkevin8147]

@@typecraft_devI had already removed my powerlevel10k but is still doesn't work in warp and it works in Iterm2.

[@cagrizorkol]

@@typecraft_dev thank u for ur answer.. 🙏 it works! ☺️

[@mickey4620]

I already have beautiful terminal

[@samir3442]

bro where is your startship.toml file it is not in the repo!!!

[@justmikekey]

You completely failed to acknowledge that a sign up is required to use warp which is loaded with telemetry BTW. Guys, stop following these tutorials and learn the tools you use. You can easily configure your shell yourself. Installing all these things make you lazier. Not better.

[@g0r3ify]

Warp wants an account. Thats a no go for a terminal.

[@myhstic]

dont forget to install exa, dust and bat

[@maurolimaok]

If I had friends, they would be super jealous now! 🤣🤣🤣

[@xiaoliu6973]

Why not do a video for iterm2, I saw you use iterm2 in other videos

[@sujezz]

I have starship on my windows work laptop and my home windows pc, it's slow on both in powershell and wsl. On my uni/personal laptop I have arch and zsh, I just don't see a reason to give up zsh with powerline10k. I've heard starship is fast but I don't see how it can be faster if it's slower on my r7700x than powerline10k on i7-4700mq. Edit: starship isn't faster than powerline10k, it's written in rust and while fast it's not as fast as shell scripts. It's just a marketing for rust = modern, fast.

[@thomaskeyzers3295]

Warp does not work on Archlinux

[@chuckmuckamuck8001]

Sign up to run a terminal program? No thank you.

[@OffroadTreks]

actively deleting comments that point that out too. It's spyware terminal.

[@ischmitty]

Tip for the future @typecraft: be more upfront with your sponsored videos. You were way too subtle disclosing that you were doing a promotion for Warp, and unfortunately I'm going to have to unsubcribe. To everyone else watching, be careful with Warp. It's closed source, requires a login, and sends a ton of telemetry. For me the terminal is the last place i want a piece of software like that being how sensitive my work in there can be.

[@njayman]

i identify you as "the primeagen who uses mac"

[@lel7531]

Also not disclosing paid affiliation at the beginning of the video seems like a shady move, and there is no mention of it in the description or an info card in the video that you likely forgot to check. That's a lot just for warp damn. Imagine getting all of your secrets, keys and all transiting to warp's server 💀

[@typecraft_dev]

The beginning of the video DOES have a promotion card (maybe you missed it?). And we mention the sponsorship before getting into it. Personally, I actually think Warp is an interesting tool. You can dislike if you want of course!

[@lel7531]

@@typecraft_devi did miss the promotion card that's on me but there is no mention of it being a sponsored video before almost the halfway point being at 3:40 or 3:50 and no mention of it in the description too. I think it's an interesting proof of concept of what you can do but definitely not a too anybody should use if they care about they type in their terminal which is the most private part of your computer.

[@JamesMowery]

I had NO idea this was sponsored. Now I'm even more confused. @@typecraft_dev I'm VERY disappointed. Taking sponsorships is fine and dandy for the business side of things, but to sneak it in like this... not good. Borderline scammy compared to what I've seen from other creators.

[@VinitKhandagle]

The github link is showing a 504

[@typecraft_dev]

Should be good now - thanks for flagging it!

[@VinitKhandagle]

@@typecraft_dev this starship.toml looks really cool. Thanks for putting it together. I think you should add Kubernetes and terraform options too :)

[@Skylla54]

Yikes, I'm always not uptodate with the latest language. From Neckbeard is a synomyn for uncool person to Now neckbeard is a synomyn for a cool dude in town. Btw. Yeah warp for linux < 3 Love it that, they throw some money against your channel for the launch 🎉

[@sumirandahal76]

hey nerd build for Arch , i use arch btw

[@jjaimealeman]

I use Arch BTW 2 😎👍

[@hrqmonteiro]

I think is insane to use AI in your terminal. Also they ask for your info to login. This is crazy. I will absolutely never use AI in a terminal emulator. These two don't go together.

[@lel7531]

I totally agree

[@gnom-om]

agree

[@dagadbm]

wezterm my friend

[@arshadjaveed7877]

I am proud that you left out windows there

[@dimitrisdrosos245]

We can be your friends.

[@typecraft_dev]

awww thank you!

[@DV-ml4fm]

I skipped warp. But installed starship. Starship is the easiest way to get a custom prompt.

[@TheKuhtaMusic]

dude, I am not using something that asks to sign in

[@SalahElmousa]

is this tutorial about linux or mac I am confuse!

[@crossscar-dev]

linux for fonts is literally the same at least on gnome

[@CarlosReyes-ku6ub]

Still waiting for the Emacs episode btw.... Xd

[@typecraft_dev]

HAH

[@LorenzoBettini]

I'm a bit disappointed you suggest something not FOSS

[@LGYT8]

I'm sorry but installing a terminal that required sign up wiht an account is not for me!

[@HowToLinux]

WTH warp has a Windows Waitlist and not a Linux one...

[@typecraft_dev]

www.warp.dev/linux-terminal should get you there!

[@HowToLinux]

@@typecraft_dev Thanks, my User agent was set to Windows 😅

[@Daiphiron]

ok sorry the most elemental is plain wrong ... Ayu Mirage is by far the most beautiful

[@jhonyortiz5]

As many comments have mentioned, having to login and in the future I'm guessing having to pay for a terminal is ridiculous. DO NOT USE WARP!!!! This is a bad recommendation. Use something like kitty, alacrity, or wezterm with a shell like fish and you already have so much of warp's functionality. Customize it with a few tuis/cli applications and you are good to go.

[@sebastianriveros3046]

You have to subscribe to Warp, so it's a pretty big no no. Why would I do that when iTerm2/Alacritty + powerlevel10k works just fine with a little tuning? BIG Mistake to subscribe to use a terminal. That's just so full of bs.

[@dmitrykaa46]

Wezterm or Kitty is better!

[@user-mh4sc1mt4h]

No Warp AI BS on my terminal please

[@joffrey5601]

« If it’s not ZSH, it’s BASH .. » Sorry, you’re wrong. You must say: If it’s not BASH, it’s ZSH ; if it’s not ZSH it’s FISH.

[@themarksmith]

what about VS Code integration for those of us who haven't got 2 years to learn how to use NVIM and all its shortcut keys... warp isn't for me... oh-my-zsh and powerline seem to be good enough... although I can see how the ai stuff could be useful...

[@OffroadTreks]

Learn how to use your terminal and the tools you use. Plugin land to save time is making your worse.

[@JakeDevs]

hack nerd font gang 💪

[@guglielmobartelloni]

For me Warp is a bloated terminal for normies

[@unrealapex]

Soydev channel 🤷