Installing Tabby (formerly Terminus) on Windows/Linux/MacOS

What is Tabby?

Tabby (formerly Terminus) is a highly configurable terminal emulator, SSH and serial client for Windows, macOS and Linux. -https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby

Microsoft Windows

  1. Download Tabby Download
  2. Open File Explorer and navigate to the Download location
  3. Run the downloaded .exe
  4. Step through the installer accepting all the defaults
  5. Launch Tabby from the Start menu

Debian/Ubuntu Linux

  1. Log into the Linux device
  2. Launch a terminal window
  3. Run the following commands
    # lookup latest release URL
    regex='"browser_download_url": "(https:\/\/github.com\/Eugeny\/tabby\/releases\/download\/[^/]*\/[^/]*\.deb)"' && response=$(curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" https://api.github.com/repos/Eugeny/tabby/releases/latest) && [[ $response =~ $regex ]] && downloadURL="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
    # download the .deb package
    wget -O ./tabby.deb $downloadURL
    # install tabby
    sudo dpkg -i ./tabby.deb
    # install missing dependencies
    sudo apt -f install -y
    # launch tabby
    tabby &

MacOS

  1. Download Tabby Download
  2. Open Downloads in Finder
  3. Double click the downloaded Tabby .pkg
  4. Step through the installer accepting all the defaults
  5. Launch Tabby from the Launchpad