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Tabby: a terminal for the modern age (tabby.sh)
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Tabby (formerly Terminus) is a highly configurable terminal emulator, SSH and serial client for Windows 10, macOS and Linux

  • Integrated SSH and Telnet client and connection manager
  • Integrated serial terminal
  • Theming and color schemes
  • Fully configurable shortcuts and multi-chord shortcuts
  • Split panes
  • Remembers your tabs
  • PowerShell (and PS Core), WSL, Git-Bash, Cygwin, MSYS2, Cmder and CMD support
  • Direct file transfer from/to SSH sessions via Zmodem
  • Full Unicode support including double-width characters
  • Doesn't choke on fast-flowing outputs
  • Proper shell experience on Windows including tab completion (via Clink)
  • Integrated encrypted container for SSH secrets and configuration
  • SSH, SFTP and Telnet client available as a web app (also self-hosted).

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All right, I downloaded it and it seems ok from a few quick commands. A bit of a delay executing a custom function to print syntax-highlighted text from a file, but not terrible. I'll continue test-driving when I'm downloading youtube videos later.

Download link.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

May be because it is written using web-based technology (AFAIR, typescript).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I figured it'd be something like that to build across platforms. The size of the download was another clue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So why would someone who is extraordinarily comfortable using Windows Terminal make the switch?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No reason to make a switch.

At least we know there are options. There are

  • different terminal with different feature sets such as terminal emulator with AI (the post was highly downvoted) e.g. warp
  • terminal with performance in mind e.g. Alacritty
  • terminal with simplicity in mind e.g. st, foot
  • terminal with styling in mind e.g. cool retro term

For me, I try them out and revise my choice accordingly.

My history of choices are Guake, Xfce terminal, konsole and Alacritty on Linux. Mac terminal, iTerm2, kitty and Alacritty on macOS.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don’t forget wezterm

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

wezterm is the terminal users can configure with programming language. (Kitty also can be configured programmatically). It is way more than a terminal and has terminal multiplexing and tabs.

I once in a period where I was using wezterm, kitty and alacrity. I didn't choose wezterm because it uses too much memory for me.

[–] MonkCanatella 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One thing I really like is the ssh profiles. I particularly like being able to create ssh tunnels as part of the profile, so when you connect it auto create the tunnels for you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you for sharing that.