Which macOS terminal should you use?

And does it really matter anyway?

A terminal—or “terminal emulator”—is a small piece of software that allows you to use a command line interface on your local computer. They’re simple apps, but they can provide a rich feature-set too, including:

• keyboard shortcuts
• configurability
• custom styling
• integration with the native OS

If you just want to learn how to use the command line, there’s no real need to go beyond the…