Warp
Dev tools
terminal emulator
SHOW HN2022
946points
726comments
#12of 2,570 in 2022
Top 1%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
44 positive, 143 neutral or asking, 21 mixed, 233 critical, out of 441 comments about the project. Thread score -0.48.
Privacy: 0 for, 121 againstIdea: 16 for, 39 againstPricing: 1 for, 18 againstDesign: 5 for, 6 againstPerformance: 3 for, 8 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Input area behaves like a normal text editor and editing shortcuts work
From 1 comment
I've been loving Warp since discovering it on HN a few months back. I was originally drawn in by how it treats text input like a regular text input field out of the box, so I…
hbn on HN
Fresh rethink of the terminal with real UX research behind it
From 1 comment
There are some legitimate concerns about Warp throughout these comments (telemetry, business model, etc.). But the one thing that really excites me is to have a full team working…
kyeb on HN
Objections
Requires login and sends telemetry to Segment and Sentry by default
From 3 comments
Wanted to give it a shot but got disappointed when I launched it and the following happened: - Outgoing request to googleapis.com - Outgoing request to segment.io - Outgoing…
orastor on HN> Telemetry > When Warp comes out of beta, telemetry will be opt-in and anonymous. > But for our beta phase, we do send telemetry by default and we do associate it with the…
munro on HNIt looks nice but I'd never use a shell that phone's home. Period. I mean the CLI has been one of the last parts of my system that I really still trust is working on my behalf…
gerbilly on HN
Not open source and business model unclear
From 3 comments
This is neat, but I'm not convinced it's going in the right direction. It's not open source, and "maybe it will eventually be" is unacceptable for such a core component of an…
NoraCodes on HN> I’m ___, founder and CEO of Warp, and am excited to show you Warp, a fast Rust-based terminal To be honest - it feels weird seeing a company launch a free terminal, in 2022.…
madeofpalk on HNWhat is your monetization plan?
teaearlgraycold on HN
Client code based on Alacritty while restrictive license planned
From 1 comment
"[we want a restrictive license that] prevents another company from starting a commercial enterprise off of it" versus "our terminal model code is based on Alacritty’s model…
wildmanx on HN
Requests
Open source the client code
From 2 comments
Is your plan to open-source this or open-source its core in the future?
nynx on HNThis is neat, but I'm not convinced it's going in the right direction. It's not open source, and "maybe it will eventually be" is unacceptable for such a core component of an…
NoraCodes on HN
Make telemetry opt-in and login optional
From 2 comments
Excitedly downloaded this, launched it, and then was met with a login screen. wop wop. I closed it and deleted it. I don't understand. Why is login a requirement to even use it?…
atonse on HN> Telemetry > When Warp comes out of beta, telemetry will be opt-in and anonymous. > But for our beta phase, we do send telemetry by default and we do associate it with the…
munro on HN
Support Linux and other platforms
From 2 comments
This is neat, but I'm not convinced it's going in the right direction. It's not open source, and "maybe it will eventually be" is unacceptable for such a core component of an…
NoraCodes on HNLike others here, I'm leery of replacing my terminal with a VC-backed, maybe open-sourced eventually product, and a bit annoyed it claimed a name already in use in the Rust…
scottlamb on HN
Questions
What is the monetization plan?
From 2 comments
What is your monetization plan?
teaearlgraycold on HN> I’m ___, founder and CEO of Warp, and am excited to show you Warp, a fast Rust-based terminal To be honest - it feels weird seeing a company launch a free terminal, in 2022.…
madeofpalk on HN
Why is login required?
From 1 comment
Excitedly downloaded this, launched it, and then was met with a login screen. wop wop. I closed it and deleted it. I don't understand. Why is login a requirement to even use it?…
atonse on HN
Is the web session sharing end-to-end encrypted?
From 1 comment
This is neat, but I'm not convinced it's going in the right direction. It's not open source, and "maybe it will eventually be" is unacceptable for such a core component of an…
NoraCodes on HN
Alternatives named
Alacritty
From 2 comments
If you want to use a terminal that is actually open source and doesn't have telemetry, much less only available via signing in with GitHub, use Alacritty, also written in Rust…
cercatrova on HNAnyone know how this lines up to other terminals performance wise. I’ve been pretty happy with alacritty, but would be willing to try a terminal with more features.…
johnnypangs on HN
iTerm
From 1 comment
This is neat, but I'm not convinced it's going in the right direction. It's not open source, and "maybe it will eventually be" is unacceptable for such a core component of an…
NoraCodes on HN
Windows Terminal
From 1 comment
> I’m ___, founder and CEO of Warp, and am excited to show you Warp, a fast Rust-based terminal To be honest - it feels weird seeing a company launch a free terminal, in 2022.…
madeofpalk on HN