Hyper.is — terminal for Linux — nice and elegant.

3 min readApr 12, 2024

If you are looking for nice thing for replacing starndard terminal, this is worth looking and spend some time to install and configure. This is my way.

First, we have to download version according to our operating system, Hyper is working on:

Linux (.deb file for Debian based distros)
Linux (.rpm file for RedHat based distros)
Linux (.AppImage file for any distro)
macOS (.app file)
Windows (.exe file)

In my case I used .deb file, because I use Debian based distro (Kali Linux ).

After downloading, I install it by command in Terminal:

sudo dpkg -i hyper_3.4.1_amd64.deb

Then, I can run the app.

That is All for simply running, but I want you to try two modyfications:

First: run in hyper command:

hyper i hyperline

Second: Download FiraCode TTF (Instructions on web page https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki#installing-font) — in my case (Debian — Kali Linux) it is enough to run the comand in terminal:

sudo apt install fonts-firacode

Remember to modify `.hyper.js` file and add to configuration information to use new Font:

module.exports = {
  config: {
   fontSize: 13,
    fontFamily: '"Fira Code", Menlo, "DejaVu Sans Mono", Consolas, "Lucida Console", monospace',
   // rest of the config
  }
  // rest of the file
}