terminal emulators and utilities
Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.
Terminal emulators and utilities provide high-performance command-line environments, multiplexers, and text-based tools designed to streamline shell workflows. They are primarily used by software developers, DevOps engineers, and power users who require fast rendering, session management, and keyboard-driven efficiency. Unlike full integrated development environments or standalone desktop apps, these products focus strictly on enhancing and extending the native command-line interface.
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Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▲ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZShell — Terminal Workbench | PH | 1 | 2026-09-15 |
| tty7 | PH | 1 | 2026-09-30 |
| termdeck | PH | 1 | 2026-09-16 |
| Toastty | PH | 1 | 2026-09-18 |
| Phosphor | PH | 1 | 2026-10-13 |
| VsTerm | PH | 1 | 2026-09-26 |
| Pebrel | PH | 1 | 2026-09-27 |
| PIXU | PH | 1 | 2026-09-09 |
| SheepTerm | PH | 1 | 2026-10-12 |
| pitwall | PH | 1 | 2026-10-04 |
| Turm | PH | 1 | 2026-10-07 |
| Runner | PH | 1 | 2026-10-05 |
| HostAxe Terminal | PH | 1 | 2026-10-12 |
| Polter | PH | 1 | 2026-09-15 |
| Mado — Rust Terminal Multiplexer | PH | 1 | 2026-10-01 |
| ExecRelay Terminal | PH | 2 | 2026-10-05 |
| WMUX | PH | 2 | 2026-10-06 |
| Figxit | PH | 2 | 2026-10-08 |
| rfig | PH | 2 | 2026-10-09 |
| Macky | PH | 3 | 2026-09-24 |
| Qterm | PH | 3 | 2026-09-08 |
| back2vibing | HN | 5 | 2026-04-07 |
| WooTTY | HN | 5 | 2026-03-04 |
| VibeSH | HN | 5 | 2026-06-16 |
| Pi and Ghostty Running on Cloudflare Workers | HN | 5 | 2026-03-21 |
| Dimensions | HN | 5 | 2026-01-06 |
| ttyd | HN | 5 | 2026-07-07 |
| Gvmux | HN | 6 | 2026-10-13 |
| Neptune, a free and open-source terminal built in Rust | HN | 6 | 2026-10-07 |
| Ferroterm | HN | 6 | 2026-07-05 |
| Crank | HN | 6 | 2026-02-12 |
| Tui2web | HN | 7 | 2026-09-25 |
| I built a native macOS terminal with Git integration in 5 days | HN | 7 | 2026-07-24 |
| Claude64, a Commodore 64 client for Claude | HN | 8 | 2026-05-15 |
| Ghostty and Watercolors | HN | 8 | 2026-02-22 |
| bb-plugin-herdr-theme | GITHUB | 8 | 2026-09-14 |
| shell | GITHUB | 8 | 2026-09-11 |
| WebTerm | HN | 8 | 2026-01-18 |
| orzma | HN | 9 | 2026-07-06 |
| shrimp-terminal | GITHUB | 10 | 2026-09-11 |
| TerminalAppPlus | GITHUB | 10 | 2026-09-27 |
| A pure-Ruby X11 terminal | HN | 10 | 2026-06-15 |
| hyprland-terminal | GITHUB | 13 | 2026-09-21 |
| pangu-cli-theme | GITHUB | 13 | 2026-10-11 |
| Embed a real Linux terminal on your website | HN | 13 | 2026-08-14 |
| kuu | GITHUB | 14 | 2026-09-18 |
| Hydra | HN | 14 | 2026-09-09 |
| Ghostty-Web | HN | 14 | 2025-11-26 |
| dripfetch | GITHUB | 14 | 2026-09-10 |
| Otty | HN | 16 | 2026-06-17 |