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BetterTerminal vs Savvy

Savvy creates runbooks from the terminal; BetterTerminal focuses on visual terminal theming.
BetterTerminalCustomize your Mac TerminalSavvyCreate and share runbooks directly from the terminal

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What it is
BetterTerminal:BetterTerminal lets Mac users visually customize their terminal prompt, theme, and command aliases without editing dotfiles.
Savvy:Savvy creates AI-generated runbooks from your terminal commands and lets you share them via private links or markdown.
Best for
BetterTerminal:Visual terminal customization for macOS
Savvy:AI-generated CLI runbooks
Who it’s for
BetterTerminal:Mac developers who want a personalized, easy-to-configure terminal.
Savvy:Developers who need to document, share, and reuse CLI workflows.
Pricing
BetterTerminal:Paid
Savvy:Freemium
Plans
BetterTerminal:—
Savvy:Free $0/ per user per month · Team $25/ per user per month
Open source
BetterTerminal:—
Savvy:Yes, 464 GitHub stars
Works with
BetterTerminal:Bash, Zsh, macOS
Savvy:Shell, Chrome Extension
DevHunt upvotes
BetterTerminal:2
Savvy:21
Launched on DevHunt
BetterTerminal:Dec 2024
Savvy:Mar 2024

BetterTerminal features

  • Visual Configurator. Create and edit terminal themes, prompts, and aliases with a drag-and-drop UI.
  • Command Shortcuts. Define custom shortcuts like ‘gpush’ to run longer commands quickly.
  • Prompt Enhancements. Add useful information such as current folder and git branch to your prompt.
  • One-Click Installation. Apply configurations by copying a generated shell command into your terminal.
  • Reversible Changes. Run `revert_terminal` to restore the previous terminal setup instantly.
  • Shell Support. Works with Bash and Zsh on macOS.
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Savvy features

  • Leverage Hindsight. Capture your command steps instantly and turn them into runbooks.
  • Expand Aliases. Automatically expand shell aliases for portable workflows.
  • Instant First Draft. Use LLMs to generate a draft runbook from raw commands.
  • Run Locally. Step-by-step guidance while executing workflows on your machine.
  • Redact Sensitive Data. Easily remove secrets, passwords, and keys before sharing.
  • Secure by Design. Data encrypted at rest/in transit; never captures command output; BYO LLM for compliance.
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