Terminal Configuration Setup

Dotfiles for reproducing this terminal environment: zsh (with zinit, starship, autosuggestions, syntax highlighting), WezTerm, Ghostty, and lazygit.

Directory Structure

~/.config/term-config/
├── zsh/
│   └── .zshrc          # ZSH configuration (ZDOTDIR target)
├── starship/
│   └── starship.toml   # Starship prompt configuration
├── ghostty/
│   └── config          # Ghostty terminal configuration
├── wezterm/
│   └── wezterm.lua     # WezTerm terminal configuration
└── lazygit/
    └── config.yml      # lazygit configuration (currently empty/defaults)

1. Clone the repo

git clone <this-repo-url> ~/.config/term-config

2. Install required tools (Homebrew)

# Shell prompt & plugins
brew install starship
brew install autojump

# TUIs used by aliases/functions (lg, lzd, y)
brew install lazygit
brew install lazydocker
brew install yazi

# Editor
brew install neovim

# Terminals (pick one or both)
brew install --cask wezterm
brew install --cask ghostty

# Font used by both terminals
brew install --cask font-hack

zsh-autosuggestions and fast-syntax-highlighting do not need to be installed via Homebrew — .zshrc bootstraps zinit on first launch, which then installs and loads both plugins automatically.

3. Point zsh at this config

echo 'export ZDOTDIR="$HOME/.config/term-config/zsh"' > ~/.zshenv

Open a new shell. On first launch, zinit will clone itself and install the fast-syntax-highlighting / zsh-autosuggestions plugins automatically — this can take a few seconds.

4. Symlink terminal configs

# WezTerm
ln -s ~/.config/term-config/wezterm/wezterm.lua ~/.wezterm.lua

# Ghostty (create the target dir first if needed)
mkdir -p ~/.config/ghostty
ln -s ~/.config/term-config/ghostty/config ~/.config/ghostty/config

# lazygit (optional — config.yml is currently empty, so lazygit defaults apply either way)
mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/lazygit
ln -s ~/.config/term-config/lazygit/config.yml ~/Library/Application\ Support/lazygit/config.yml

Starship doesn't need a symlink — .zshrc points STARSHIP_CONFIG directly at ~/.config/term-config/starship/starship.toml.

5. Other tools referenced in .zshrc

These aren't strictly required to get a shell working, but .zshrc expects them for full functionality:

# Node Version Manager (lazy-loaded on first `node`/`npm`/`npx`/`nvm` call)
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.0/install.sh | bash

# Bun
curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

# Go (sets up $GOPATH/bin on PATH)
brew install go

# pnpm (only $PNPM_HOME/bin is added to PATH — install pnpm itself separately)
brew install pnpm

# GPG (GPG_TTY is exported for commit signing / gpg prompts)
brew install gnupg

.zshrc also sets DOCKER_HOST to OrbStack's docker socket (~/.orbstack/run/docker.sock). Install OrbStack if you want docker/lazydocker to work out of the box; otherwise remove that line.

There's also a hardcoded PATH entry for PhpStorm (/Applications/PhpStorm.app/Contents/MacOS) — remove it from .zshrc if you don't use PhpStorm.

6. Verify

Open a new terminal (WezTerm or Ghostty) and confirm:

• Prompt shows the starship format (directory, git branch/status, cmd duration)
• lg opens lazygit, lzd opens lazydocker, n opens neovim, y opens yazi
• alt+h/j/k/l moves focus between splits (Ghostty) / panes (WezTerm)

Customization

• Prompt: ~/.config/term-config/starship/starship.toml
• WezTerm: ~/.config/term-config/wezterm/wezterm.lua
• Ghostty: ~/.config/term-config/ghostty/config
• Shell aliases/functions/env vars: ~/.config/term-config/zsh/.zshrc