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Dev tools · January 15, 2014

Total Terminal

A system-wide terminal available on a hot-key.

Total Terminal launched on January 15, 2014 with 67 votes, #421 of 1,173 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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What it does

It provides persistent Visor Window which slides down when you press a hot-key (remember Quake console?). Then you can trigger Visor Window with your hot-key from any application to get an instant terminal session. Not under default configuration. It requires a system tweak, read about it here . You may use Status Menu Icon and select Uninstall TotalTerminal . Alternatively you may download TotalTerminal DMG again and use TotalTerminal Uninstaller which is present there. Alternatively you can launch this command in Terminal.app: open "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/TotalTerminal.osax/Contents/Resources/TotalTerminal.bundle/Contents/Resources/TotalTerminal Uninstaller.app" TotalTerminal…from totalterminal.binaryage.com

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