Modern Terminal UIs

The cluster centers on debates about a web app styled like a terminal emulator, the revival of terminal UIs (TUIs), modern terminal features across OSes, and comparisons to tools like Ghostty or Windows Terminal.

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Sample Comments

retube Oct 21, 2021 View on HN

yes it's just a webpage styled to look like a terminal. not sure what the big deal is

highd Sep 12, 2017 View on HN

So terminal UIs are coming back?

pjmlp May 2, 2019 View on HN

Luckly on many OS the terminal is just yet another graphical application, not something trying to emulate 40 years old hardware.

chapium May 23, 2019 View on HN

Wouldn't terminal based environments excel here?

zokier Jan 13, 2023 View on HN

Terminal is not a graphical environment so why try to make it into one? Isn't the point of terminal to escape the graphics-riddled world

jlebrech Oct 26, 2017 View on HN

it's looks more like a classic terminal, I bet you get more work done that way

hesslau_ Jul 13, 2015 View on HN

I'd love to use a terminal with similar features on linux

ridaj Oct 22, 2021 View on HN

Doesn't Windows have a decent terminal nowadays?

luckydata Dec 26, 2024 View on HN

Could someone give me an idea why I would want to use this instead of any other terminal?

Dracophoenix Jun 22, 2021 View on HN

You thought that we'd still be working with command line terminals? Or is there something more to it?