18 engineers on Hacker News describe using iTerm2 first-hand: 7 endorse it, 0 regret it, 1 are mixed.
“I have been using it for years. However, a few problems compound to make me hesitate staying on macOS at all.”
mixed · personal · k_sze · 2019-12-16 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using iTerm2 since what feels like forever, I especially value the tmux integration.”
endorse · personal · n4s33r · 2019-12-16 · source ↗ · wrong label?“iTerm2 works perfectly well for me.”
endorse · personal · fvargas · 2016-12-12 · source ↗ · wrong label?“eventually switched back to iTerm because it's way faster if you use it all day long.”
endorse · personal · cygned · 2016-12-12 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I recently returned to zsh in iTerm2 for the same reasons many others mentioned here. It _works_.”
endorse · personal · 52-6F-62 · 2016-12-12 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Great stuff, I've been using iTerm2 for a while and it's really good to see it evolve like this.”
endorse · personal · soundjack · 2015-07-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I have been using iTerm 2 full time for many months. Super stable. The full screen mode with panes is wonderful.”
endorse · personal · famedriver · 2011-12-06 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using iTerm2 daily for a couple of years without any trouble like this.”
endorse · personal · 2 yr · thaumaturgy · 2011-12-06 · source ↗ · wrong label?“been using iterm for 10 years. Didn't update recently.”
neutral · personal · 10 yr · codegladiator · 2025-12-16 · source ↗ · wrong label?“recreate my color scheme from iterm”
neutral · personal · anaumann · 2024-12-28 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I have been using quake-style terminals (guake on linux, iterm2 on mac) for _years_.”
neutral · personal · DanielHB · 2024-12-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?“my iTerm shortcut for showing/hiding the fullscreen terminal occasionally not working after being required to a major OS update”
neutral · personal · saghm · 2022-12-26 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I don't need all the bells and whistles in iterm2.”
neutral · personal · jacobsenscott · 2021-12-31 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using Vim on iTerm 2 for a long time”
neutral · personal · forbidden404 · 2016-12-22 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using it for years and never heard of that”
neutral · personal · matrixagent · 2015-07-24 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I also make heavy use of emacsclient and tmux sessions and windows in conjunction with iTerm2”
neutral · personal · michaelsbradley · 2014-12-17 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Could someone elaborate how x11/xterm compares to iTerm2? I've been using tmux in iTerm.”
neutral · personal · crazydiamond · 2012-12-01 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I'm in love with Meslo ... works great both on my iTerm as well as in TextMate.”
neutral · personal · yamilg · 2011-05-25 · source ↗ · wrong label?