'Sublime Text 3 - integrated terminal?
I normally use the WebStorm IDE for Node.js and FE JavaScript development. However I was thinking of using Sublime Text 3 since I am running out of computing power on a crappy old Macbook Pro and ST3 should be lighter on memory and CPU.
However, my one hangup is that ST3 doesn't seem to have a command line terminal integration possible. I find this to be a very useful feature that's available in Eclipse and WebStorm.
I did some Googling and I don't see any great terminal integration plugins for ST3, is there such a thing or not?
Here is WebStorm with the terminal integrated:

Solution 1:[1]
Terminus does this. Supports both Unix and Windows. Works great. ?
In View (on Windows)
Ctrl + Shift + P --> Terminus: Open Default Shell in Tab (View)
In Panel (on Unix)
Ctrl + Shift + P --> Terminus: Open Default Shell in Panel
Type exit to exit and close the terminal opened in a panel.
Solution 2:[2]
I installed the Sublime package TerminalView that can show a terminal window within Sublime in a separate tab.
It works with MacOS or Linux but is no longer actively supported.
Installation:
- Open the command palette (Cmd+Shift+P on Mac, Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows) and find
Package Control: Install Package - Search for
TerminalViewand hit Return to install.
The terminal windows has a few flaws (at least on macOS) as it seems to conflict with Sublime's keyboard shortcuts. I however use it only to automatically run unit tests when the edited program code changes. Therefore it works just fine. In that case it works best if I show the terminal window below the text editor. You can do so in the menu View > Layout > Rows: 2.
Solution 3:[3]
In sublime 3,
- ctrl + shift + p search
Package Control: Install Package - Search and install
TerminalView - to set shortcuts,
go to
Preferences -> Key Bindings
on right side Pane paste this,
[
{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+t"], "command": "terminal_view_open" }
]
- Now ctrl+shift+t is your shortcuts
Solution 4:[4]
I prefer Terminus and it's the first cross platform terminal for Sublime Text. Check this video it might help you
Solution 5:[5]
I tried Sublime package - TerminalView, quickly realized I couldn't copy paste things. Tried on MacOS.
Terminus(https://github.com/randy3k/Terminus ) looks good to me, it has two options
(i) opens in a tab(view)
(ii) opens also in a panel. (which I prefer most)
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| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Gabriel Staples |
| Solution 2 | Toby Allen |
| Solution 3 | Mohideen bin Mohammed |
| Solution 4 | Miki |
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