Hyper 2
The second generation of the Hyper terminal
Hyper 2 launched on April 16, 2018 with 450 votes, #16 of 2,753 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.
In plain words
Hyper 2 is a terminal application featuring a high-performance Canvas-based rendering engine for developers. It includes an online catalog of plugins and themes, with a CLI tool for one-command installation. The second generation offers improved keymaps support and better hyperlink compatibility, making it suitable for developers who want a customizable and feature-rich terminal experience.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
We are pleased to announce Hyper 2, featuring: - A new high-performance Canvas based rendering engine - An online catalog of plugins and themes - The hyper CLI to install plugins and themes with one command - Improved keymaps support - Improved support for hyperlinks
A terminal built on web technologies
The goal of the project is to create a beautiful and extensible experience for command-line interface users, built on open web standards. In the beginning, our focus will be primarily around speed, stability and the development of the correct API for extension authors. In the future, we anticipate the community will come up with innovative additions to enhance what could be the simplest, most powerful and well-tested interface for productivity. Extensions are available on npm. We encourage everyone to include hyper in the keywords field in package.json . Hyper will show a notification when your modules are installed to .hyper_plugins . All command keys can be changed. In order to change…from hyper.is
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