How to Install Tabby on macOS

Tabby is a command line tool that allows you to easily switch between your recently used directories in the terminal. It can be installed on macOS following these steps:

  1. Install Homebrew

Homebrew is a package manager for macOS, and it will allow you to easily install Tabby.

Open the Terminal app on your macOS by searching for it using Spotlight (Cmd + Space) or finding it in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder. Then, run the following command to install Homebrew: 

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
  1. Install Tabby

Once Homebrew is installed, it's time to install Tabby. Open Terminal and run the following command: 

brew install bertvandepoel/tabby/tabby
  1. Test Tabby

To test if Tabby is installed properly, you can run the command: 

tabby --help

It should display a list of available commands that you can use with Tabby.

  1. Enable Tabby for Bash

To enable Tabby for Bash, you have to add the following line to your .bashrc file: 

eval "$(tabby --shell-init bash)"

Open the .bashrc file with the following command: 

nano ~/.bashrc

Then, add the previous line at the end of the file. Press Ctrl + X to exit, and when prompted to save your changes, press Y and Enter.

  1. Restart Terminal or Source Your Configuration

After modifying .bashrc, you need to either restart Terminal or source your configuration by running the following command: 

source ~/.bashrc

Now you can start using Tabby commands!

Conclusion

Tabby is a useful tool that can make navigating directories in the terminal more efficient. By following these steps, you should now have Tabby installed on your macOS, and you can start using it to switch between your recently used directories in the terminal.