Open Terminal Here

Open the Terminal (Mac OS X, Linux) or Command Prompt (Windows) in the given directory via context menu or keyboard shortcut.

Modify open-terminal-here for open elementary Terminal(io.elementary.terminal) in the current directory on Atom Editor of Elementary OS (Ubuntu base).

Keyboard shortcuts

Open the Terminal in the current directory

Platform	Keyboard shortcut
Mac OS X	ctrl-cmd-t
Windows	ctrl-alt-t
Linux	ctrl-alt-t

Open the Terminal in the project directory

Platform	Keyboard shortcut
Mac OS X	alt-cmd-t
Windows	ctrl-alt-shift-t
Linux	ctrl-alt-shift-t

FAQ

How to open a new tab instead of a new window?

Mac OS X

1. Open Automator and select Application as new document.
2. From the Library, add Run Applescript as Automator action.
3. Replace the sample AppleScript code with the code from terminal-tab.scpt.
4. Save the Automator app as TerminalTab.app to your Applications folder.
5. In the open-terminal-here settings, set Command to open -a TerminalTab.app "$PWD".

Elementary OS (based Ubuntu Linux)

Terminal on Elementary OS is io.Elementary.terminal and thus modified only the terminal-tab.sh.

On other Ubuntu Linux, change the WINDOW_CLASS script variable:

# `terminal-tab.sh` script:
# Elementary OS Terminal,
WINDOW_CLASS="io.elementary.terminal"
 ...

1. Install xdotool: sudo apt-get install -y xdotool
2. Download terminal-tab.sh and make it executable: chmod +x ./terminal-tab.sh
3. Move the script to a directory in your path: sudo mv ./terminal-tab.sh /usr/local/bin/terminal-tab
4. In the open-terminal-here settings, set Command to

 terminal-tab .