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Have been doing dev work on Apple platforms in some capacity or another for over a decade now, and though I’ve tried iTerm several times I always find myself coming back to the stock Terminal. Stock just feels smoother and less quirky somehow.

That said, my terminal usage is nowhere near as heavy as it is for some.

ya, i love iTerm. been a loyal user for more than 10 years. that is until Wave of course :)

For me iTerm was definitely too slow, alacritty is IMO a bit faster. Also heard some good things about Kitty, but that has too many bells and whistles for me.

But nothing can beat foot [0]. But it's only for wayland, so I need to use alacritty on macOS.

[0] https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/

Just in case you haven't tried it and want another option, Wezterm runs anywhere and does pretty much everything. But not AI/webapp stuff.

I am regularly behind the trends :)