Software Alternatives & Reviews

Waveterm

Extraterm Bedrock Linux Kitty terminal
  1. The swiss army chainsaw of terminal emulators
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Terminal Tools #Remote PC Access 14 social mentions

  2. A meta Linux distribution which allows users to utilize features from other, typically mutually...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Back when I used a debian based distribution I made use of https://bedrocklinux.org/ to make use of the AUR. It's not for everyone though.

    #Linux #Linux Distribution #Operating Systems 78 social mentions

  3. Super fast, GPU and OpenGL based terminal emulator with tiling support
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    I haven’t tried this yet (so please take my commentary with a grain of salt), but my initial thoughts are: (1) it looks interesting, (2) it looks overwhelming (there’s a lot going on in those screenshots), and (3) it’s likely slow (I might be completely wrong). To elaborate a bit… 1. I love good design work and well-designed (UI-wise) software, and it certainly looks like the creators of Wave Terminal have made that a priority. 2. UX-wise, there’s just too much going on. As someone who lives in my terminal (with the exception of browsing the web, I do virtually everything in my terminal), it’s the single most important piece of software on my computer and it can never get in my way. I used the same terminal for many years and only switched to kitty [0] a couple years ago after testing it for months. In all of those years, every single terminal I tested managed to get in my way. Somehow, kitty manages to be packed full of features without ever—not even once—getting in my way, being slow, or freezing up on me. 3. Generally speaking, I think building on open web standards is a great thing and a plus. Unfortunately though, even in 2023, my experience has been that it’s really hard to build performant software meant to be run on native platforms using web technologies; the few who get this right—e.g., Figma—are anomalies and they generally invest an enormous amount of time and engineering capital into squeezing out as much performance as possible. As I explained in #2, for something as critical as my terminal, not being performant is simply not an option, so as much as I love the idea of building on open web standards, it actually scares me for software like this. That said, I’m obviously judging before trying here, so I’ll make some time to test Wave Terminal. [0]: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty.

    #SSH #Terminal Tools #Server Management 88 social mentions

Discuss: Waveterm

Log in or Post with