Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal is tracked by TopGit as an open-source project, with 7.0k stars on GitHub, written primarily in Swift. ✨ Finder Toolbar app for macOS to open the current directory in Terminal, iTerm, Hyper or Alacritty.
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Support English, Chinese, French, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, German and Korean
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GUI preferences
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Support keyboard shortcuts.
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OpenInTerminal vs OpenInTerminal-Lite 👀
Wondering which one to choose? If you're all about fancy features and GUI settings, go for OpenInTerminal. But if you just want to open your terminal quickly and without fuss, OpenInTerminal-Lite is your buddy.
I personally prefer OpenInTerminal-Lite. Why? It's a one-click wonder (while the other makes you click twice 😂) and it's more lightweight.
Check OpenInTerminal-Lite Docs: English | 中文 | Deutsch
Installation 🖥
⚠️ Important: Signed builds are no longer provided for OpenInTerminal, OpenInTerminal-Lite, or OpenInEditor-Lite. Before using these apps, please either trust the unsigned binaries or sign them yourself. See the Configuration document for how to install and trust unsigned apps.
brew install --cask openinterminal
Or manually download it from release.
Configuration and FAQ ⚙️
Please check the Configuration document.
Note: If you're on macOS 15 and above then you must follow the instructions in this document to make the context menu items appear.
Support ❤️
Open-source projects cannot live long without your help. If you like OpenInTerminal, please consider supporting this project by becoming a sponsor. Your user icon or company logo shows up on the README with a link to your home page.
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Changes 🗒
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version 2.3.9
Security: Fixed an AppleScript/command injection vulnerability that allowed arbitrary command execution via a crafted folder name when opening it in a non-default terminal or an editor. Thanks to Paul Gerste (Sonar) for the responsible disclosure.
Added support for Zed, Emacs, Kakoune, GitKraken, and cmux.
Added an option to limit global keyboard shortcuts to Finder-only shortcuts. (#251, #243)
Introduced a new default app icon with automatic light/dark mode support.
Added an option to display the Finder context menu items in a submenu.
Fixed the Finder extension icon being rendered as a template icon.
Improved startup responsiveness by fetching installed applications on a background thread.
Fixed the keyboard shortcut overlapping the "Open in ..." title in the status bar menu.
version 2.3.8
Support "open in neovim" for Alacritty, WezTerm, and kitty users.
Customize open command for kitty users
Copy path with escaping
Support fork, notepad--, Ghostty
Support nix installed applications
version 2.3.7
Support Korean
Support Warp
Support WezTerm
Support Tabby
Support Fleet
Support Nova
Support Cursor
Support Xcode
For kitty users: open in a signle instance instead of a new one
version 2.3.6
Support German
Search apps installed by JetBrains Toolbox
Support Android Studio
version 2.3.5
Support dragging to reorder custom menu
Support Turkish
Support Typora
version 2.3.4
Update icons in context menu
version 2.3.3
Fix: cannot open path with white space when using shortcut
version 2.3.2
Fix: cannot open path with white space
version 2.3.1
Fix: cannot open alacritty
Feat: add quit button in preferences
version 2.3.0
Open custom apps. (Not all apps support)
Show icon in context menu. (For stability, old Mac models are not recommended to display icons)
version 2.2.3
Support kitty
Open multi-selected files in editors
version 2.2.2
Support Italian and Spanish
Fix: does not show Terminal and TextEdit
version 2.2.1
Support JetBrains
Fix: check whether an application exists
version 2.2.0
Custom Finder menu options
Support Russian
Support PhpStorm
Fix: doesn't work when opening desktop in terminal
version 2.1.1
Signed the application with the developer account. Bundle ID has changed
Support Finder Extension Standalone Operation Mode
Support CotEditor and MacVim
User can hide context menu items
Finder context menu item's title will change to the current default terminal or editor
version 2.0.5
Fix: check application exist bug
version 2.0.4
Support TextMate
Fix: keyboard shortcut bug
version 2.0.3
Fix: Finder context menu icon supports dark mode
version 2.0.2
Support Visual Studio Code - Insiders
Support for hiding the status bar icon
version 2.0.1
Support BBEdit
Add icon in Finder context menu
Fix: check application folder under home directory
version 0.10.2
Fix: Finder context menu does not appear on other disks.
version 0.10.1
iTerm will not leave `cd xxx` in history.
You need to click the `window` button or the `tab` button of iTerm again in `Preferences`.
version 0.10.0
Support keyboard shortcuts.
Support VSCodium.
version 0.9.1
Support French.
version 0.9.0
OpenInTerminal has been released after several weeks of development. If you have suggestions or there are bugs, please feel free to open an issue.
version 0.4.1
Support Alacritty
version 0.4.0
You can set a default to open a new tab or window when using Terminal and Hyper.
version 0.3.0
Change name to OpenInTerminal-Lite (OpenInTerminal will come as a more powerful version in the future.)
Fix a bug that some special characters in the path would crash the program when opening Hyper.
version 0.2.0
Add terminal selector
Cancel running clear command when opening iTerm
version 0.1.1
Support Hyper
Give priority to creating a new tab when opening iTerm
version 0.1.0
First release
Special Thanks to ❤️
Thanks to all backers and contributors. Your work makes OpenInTerminal better.
How active is development on Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal?
The most recent commit recorded on Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal was 18 days ago, based on the GitHub push timestamp. The repository has 316 forks — one of the better signals of community interest.
How many stars does Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal have?
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Is Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal open source?
Yes — Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal ships under the MIT license, which makes its source code freely readable (and, depending on license terms, forkable and reusable). Source: github.com/Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal.
What is Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal?
Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal (Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal) is a Swift project on GitHub. From the project's own README: ✨ Finder Toolbar app for macOS to open the current directory in Terminal, iTerm, Hyper or Alacritty.
What language is Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal written in?
Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal is written primarily in Swift. GitHub's language field is based on the largest share of bytes in the default branch.
What license does Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal use?
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