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24 alternatives to Rio Terminal
Rio is a modern terminal application with batteries included
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rio Terminal launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Initial source-only release of Alacritty
2017 · blog.jwilm.io · its alternatives →
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APX Terminal▲99Encrypted terminal and SSH client with built‑in AI assistant
Jan 2026 · apxterminal.com · its alternatives →
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Tabs, splits, and tmux work fine until you have several projects open with logs, tests, and long-running shells. I kept rebuilding context instead of resuming work. Horizon puts shells on an infinite canvas. You can arrange them into workspaces and reopen later with layout, scrollback, and history intact. Built in 3 days with Claude/Codex, dogfooding the workflow as I went. Feedback and contributions welcome.
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hyper 1.0.0▲413Terminal built and extensible with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
2016 · hyper.is · its alternatives →
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A persistent terminal for Codex and Claude side by side
Aug 2026 · its alternatives →
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Terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Ghostty▲161A fast, feature-rich, and platform-native terminal emulator
2024 · ghostty.org · its alternatives →
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This is my first major OSS release! I was always so frustrated by how slow image viewers were on Windows so I built one from the ground up with Rust & Tauri v2.0! Electro also has a very unique feature: a built-in terminal. I was always mesmerised by merging CLI tools with GUI based systems and this is my first go at it! I have big plans on expanding the terminal functionality with built-in image editing commands, command chaining, file handling etc.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Godot-based Rust multi-PTY emulator desktop application - godot-pty/gpty
Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Terminal emulator written in Rust on wgpu and winit.
Jun 2026 · fastyterm.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Want to play Dr Mario or Pokémon on your server terminal?
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, Over the past 10 months, my friends and I created an open source project called Rio to help Python developers build modern web apps without needing HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. Whether you're working on a simple internal tool or a complex multi-page app, Rio lets you stay in the Python ecosystem without needing to learn frontend frameworks. With Rio, the UI is defined using Python components, inspired by React and Flutter. Instead of writing HTML/CSS, you compose reusable UI elements in Python and let Rio handle rendering and state updates. The backend and frontend stay seamlessly…
2025 · rio.dev · its alternatives →
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Copper is an operating system for robots - build, run, and replay your entire robot deterministically. - Home · copper-project/copper-rs Wiki
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Designed to help traders make successful trades
2020 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m Mike, the founder and creator of Wave, a cross-platform open-source terminal that supports inline rendering, modern UI, and persistent sessions. I love the command line; I’ve been using it for over 25 years, starting with a Linux box I made with spare parts in my college dorm room. But while other devtools have been modernized, the terminal has been stuck, with the same basic functionality for over 40-years. What if your command line terminal could display more than just text? That’s crazy right (I can hear the screams of thousands of graybeard sysadmins). Not all the time, but…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Author here. I made this little TUI program for managing default applications on the Linux desktop. Maybe some of you will find it useful. Happy to answer any questions.
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Performant, real-time data visualization in your terminal
Mar 2026 · its alternatives →
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RailCar: Rust implementation of the Open Containers Initiative oci-runtime - oracle/railcar
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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