iTerm2 Web Browser Profiles
George Nachman (via Hacker News):
iTerm2 includes built-in web browsing capabilities. Web browser sessions fit into iTerm2’s existing window > tab > split pane hierarchy just like terminal sessions, allowing you to browse the web alongside your terminal work.
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- Passkeys Not supported due to Apple-imposed WKWebView restrictions.
- Advanced ad blocking: Limited by Apple’s resource fetching API restrictions.
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This feature exists because:
- Many iTerm2 features translate well to web browsing
- It provides a unified terminal and browser experience
- A former colleague suggested this idea in 2014 and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.
- I am maybe having a midlife crisis and this is cheaper than a sports car.
macOS doesn’t let you mix tabs—let alone split panes—from different apps in the same window, yet you may want to keep a particular group of terminals and Web browsers together. This lets you do that.
Previously:
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September 20, 2025 6:58 AM
iTerm2 has become my favorite terminal, and this makes it even better. I also greatly appreciate how tastefully it integrates LLMs. I do wish it would use Gecko for its web views, though.
