Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Krnl is a text-based web browser accessible via SSH that renders modern websites in ANSI format within a terminal interface. Built with a custom layout engine, it runs on Google Cloud Run and requires no installation… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   I made a browser TUI with its own layout engine▲6

   Try it at: ssh krnl.duetbrowser.com No sign up, totally free - no download. Let me know what you think. Prior art exists (brow.sh) but I wasn't satisfied with their graphical take. I wanted the raw, old skool terminal days of the early internet - BBS, and old green phosphor library comptuers - but running the modern web, with all the bells and jingle jangle whistles (JavaScript, etc). No funding, no VC, just 100% raw terminal fun. Not sure how long the demo will last, but try it out.

   Jul 2026 · its alternatives →

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   Chawan TUI web browser▲387

   A terminal-based web browser in Nim.[1] Has acceptable (YMMV) CSS rendering, some JS support, and inline images (sixel/kitty). It can also use various protocols other than http(s) such as (s)ftp, gopher, gemini, ... Chawan started out as a w3m clone, and the UI still resembles it. However, the architecture has turned out quite different, with pages loaded in separate processes, and protocol/file type handling separated out into external binaries. An interesting result is that you can even register decoders for custom inline image formats, although practical use cases of this are…

   2025 · chawan.net · its alternatives →

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   Sshx, a web-based collaborative terminal▲242

   Fast, collaborative live terminal sharing over the web - ekzhang/sshx

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   kbar▲486

   Add a beautiful & extensible cmd+k interface to your site

   2021 · kbar.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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   Developed from my Prison cell: A Libcurl TUI HTTP Client in Rust.▲47

   HTTP client/libcurl TUI front end in Rust, with request + key storage - PThorpe92/CuTE

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Tux.io – a (now working) Linux desktop in your browser▲64

   2017 · tux.io · its alternatives →

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   Building terminal dashboards using ASCII/ANSI art and JavaScript▲305

   Build terminal dashboards using ascii/ansi art and javascript - yaronn/blessed-contrib

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Webiny Serverless Page Builder▲255

   Open source, dev-friendly and powered by GraphQL and React

   2019 · webiny.com · its alternatives →

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   Rust based AWS Lambda Logs Viewer (TUI)▲57

   My first Rust program with support from Cursor :)). few days for idea. 1 night for "talk and fight" with Cursor

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    hackernews_tui – A Terminal UI to browse Hacker News discussions▲160

    A Terminal UI to browse Hacker News. Contribute to aome510/hackernews-TUI development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    BitBang – Reach machines behind NAT from a browser, no account▲97

    Turn your machine into a URL. Peer-to-peer over WebRTC -- no account, no client to install, no port forwarding. - richlegrand/bitbang-cli

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    K10s – A Clickable Kubernetes TUI (Go, Bubble Tea)▲69

    Kubernetes TUI you can click. Instant search, logs/exec/port-forward, 7 themes, context-aware AI. Single Go binary. - p10node/k10s

    14d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others▲117

    malai is a peer to peer network, and is a dead simple to share your local development HTTP server, without setting up tunnels, dealing with firewalls, or relying on cloud services. In malai 0.2.5, we have added TCP support, which means you can expose any TCP service to others using malai, without opening the TCP service related port to Internet. With malai installed on both ends, any TCP service can be securely tunneled over it. It can be used to secure your SSH service, or securely share your database server. GitHub: https://github.com/kulfi-project/kulfi (star us!)…

    2025 · malai.sh · its alternatives →

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    KDash▲76

    A simple terminal dashboard for Kubernetes built with Rust

    2021 · kdash.cli.rs · its alternatives →

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    Ts-SSH – SSH over Tailscale without running the daemon▲103

    ts-ssh solves a specific problem: accessing machines on your Tailnet from environments where you can't install the full Tailscale daemon (like CI/CD runners or restricted systems). It uses Tailscale's tsnet library to establish userspace connectivity, then provides a standard SSH experience. Works with existing workflows since it supports normal SSH features like ProxyCommand, key auth, and terminal handling. Some features that proved useful: • Parallel command execution across multiple hosts • Built-in tmux session management for multi-host work • SCP-style file transfers • Works on…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SSHTron – Play Tron/lightcycle over SSH▲104

    2016 · sshtron.zachlatta.com · its alternatives →

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    KeyBox▲70

    A web-based SSH console

    2014 · sshkeybox.com · its alternatives →

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    Gridland: make terminal apps that also run in the browser▲111

    Hi everyone, Gridland is a runtime + ShadCN UI registry that makes it possible to build terminal apps that run in the browser as well as the native terminal. This is useful for demoing TUIs so that users know what they're getting before they are invested enough to install them. And, tbh, it's also just super fun! Gridland is the successor to Ink Web (ink-web.dev) which is the same concept, but using Ink + xterm.js. After building Ink Web, we continued experimenting and found that using OpenTUI and a canvas renderer performed better with less flickering and nearly instant load times. We're…

    Mar 2026 · gridland.io · its alternatives →

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    bbcli – A TUI and CLI to browse BBC News like a hacker▲83

    hey hn! I (re)built this TUI tool for browsing BBC News in the terminal, it uses an RSS feed for getting headlines and previews and you can read articles too. Try it out and let me know what you think! :)

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Rust TUI libcurl HTTP client – developed in prison▲14

    HTTP client/libcurl TUI front end in Rust, with request + key storage - PThorpe92/CuTE

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    7guis TUI implemented in Go using tview▲27

    Contribute to letientai299/7guis development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Java TUI framework with sixel image support▲21

    2022 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

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    OmnySSH – TUI SSH manager with dashboard, SFTP and snippets (Rust)▲6

    Open-source SSH client with live server stats in 11MB

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I made a Rust Terminal UI for OpenSnitch, a Linux application firewall▲6

    I made a Terminal UI for OpenSnitch[1], an interactive application firewall for Linux inspired by Little Snitch. I’ve always wanted to create a TUI and found the perfect excuse to make this for usage on one of my headless servers. I wrote this in Rust to force myself to learn more, viz. async features. Super open to feedback and contributions! [1] https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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