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An open-source, AI-integrated, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows

⭐ Very popular: 22k stars, gaining about 72 a week

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repo profile

vintage 2022 4 years old
delivery product
language Go
license Apache-2.0

momentum

total stars 22k
stars added last week +72
HN peak 82 pts 2y 8mo ago
binary downloads 15k total · GitHub releases
used by 1 repos & packages
commits / week 3 accelerating
issues closed 23% ~12d to close, median
contributors 46
release cadence weekly
last activity 4d ago

durability

backing VC-backed Command Line Inc
openness permissive
bus factor 1 solo
top-author share 66% 6 mo

bus factor = how many people it takes to cover more than half the commits (6 months). 1 is a solo project; higher means the work is spread across a team. top-author share is the single busiest author's slice of those commits.

since we covered it

monthly average + 983/mo (+8%/mo) · + 10k total since PR#20

why it's a big deal

  • Blends CLI workflows with rich graphical interfaces.
  • Supports AI-powered terminal interactions and workspace automation.
  • Runs seamlessly across macOS, Linux, and Windows.

under the hood

  • Licensed under Apache-2.0.
  • Written in Go and TypeScript.
  • Includes built-in editor, file preview, and AI panel components.

our take from PR#20, 2025-10-29

star history

PR#20 · 13k22k now Jun 2022Aug 2026
  1. PR#20 13k 2025-10-29
  2. now 22k + 10k since first covered

curve is sampled from GitHub's star history, plus our own daily readings since we covered it; the dashed stretch is before we first covered it, the solid line since. figures at coverage are the numbers we printed then (approx.), current count is live.

understory

Better known than its recent output, coasting a little on attention.

-38 understory score output 27 · clout 65
Aug 2025 Jul 2026
  • output, commits & releases
  • clout, star velocity

output = commits & releases; clout = star velocity, both 0 to 100 monthly indices; the gap where output runs above clout is the understory. The understory →

covered in

  • PR#20 2025-10-29 on the radar

    Open-source terminal with graphical and AI-assisted workflows

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