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Dev tools · August 1, 2026

Terminal Candy

A native macOS terminal you can skin and theme

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What it does

Terminal Candy is a real, native macOS terminal you live inside. Pick a skin — Game Boy, cassette deck, Pip-Boy, or your own art — and draw the terminal square right on it. It pings you (sound + dock bounce) when Claude Code or Codex actually needs input, so you stop babysitting the window. The Skin Builder turns any image into a terminal; 84 palettes, CRT effects, ⌥Space hotkey, community skin marketplace. 14-day free trial, then $10 once — no subscription. macOS 14+, Apple Silicon.

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