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Electerm

Terminal, SSH, SFTP, Telnet, serial port, RDP, VNC, and Spice client.

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Chaterm

Open source AI terminal for cloud and infrastructure management, enabling you to deploy, troubleshoot, and automate services using natural language and intelligent agents.

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Local-first SSH workspace for local shells and remote machines — SSH, SFTP, trzsz, port forwarding, lightweight remote editing, file management, and BYOK AI in one native binary. Built with Tauri 2 and pure Rust SSH. Zero Electron, zero OpenSSL, zero telemetry, and no app subscription for core SSH workflows.

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Agent Deck

Terminal session manager for AI coding agents. One TUI for Claude, Gemini, OpenCode, Codex, and more.

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Windows Terminal

Modern terminal application and console host for Windows.

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fzf

:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

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Tabby

A terminal for a more modern age

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PowerShell

Cross-platform command shell and automation language.

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Purple

Open-source terminal SSH manager and SSH config editor in Rust.

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project.nvim

A Neovim plugin to detect and chdir to the project root, with its own UI. Provides lualine component, supports oil.nvim, includes pickers for telescope, snacks, fzf-lua, and picker.nvim.

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