FrankenTUI
Dev tools
terminal ui framework
SHOW HN2026
22points
10comments
#1,910of 4,366 in 2026
Top 44%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive demo that looks like it works
From 2 comments
Hold CRAP, that's cool! How does this only have 4 points before my upvote? How did you accomplish this?
keepamovin on HNThis is phenomenal stuff man. I'm a big fan of your other work, specifically agent mail.
JPKab on HN
Objections
Broken interactions: text selection, scrollbar, and mouse clicks misbehave
From 2 comments
I mean, if you look visually it looks like it's working. Once I tried interacting with it, everything is broken in a subtle way. Website has the same vibe, it has nav bar, it…
haute_cuisine on HNI love TUIs and spent some time exploring the project. I guess you posted it here to hear some feedback. The landing page compares it to xtermjs as superior version. What I find…
haute_cuisine on HN
Keyboard focus management and shortcuts are hard to discover
From 1 comment
I love TUIs and spent some time exploring the project. I guess you posted it here to hear some feedback. The landing page compares it to xtermjs as superior version. What I find…
haute_cuisine on HN
Layout and animations break at some breakpoints
From 1 comment
I mean, if you look visually it looks like it's working. Once I tried interacting with it, everything is broken in a subtle way. Website has the same vibe, it has nav bar, it…
haute_cuisine on HN
Requests
Fix mouse click handling in the code explorer
From 1 comment
I love TUIs and spent some time exploring the project. I guess you posted it here to hear some feedback. The landing page compares it to xtermjs as superior version. What I find…
haute_cuisine on HN
Questions
How was it built?
From 1 comment
Hold CRAP, that's cool! How does this only have 4 points before my upvote? How did you accomplish this?
keepamovin on HN
What about the CTRL+SHIFT+T shortcut?
From 1 comment
What have you done with CTRL+SHIFT+T??
SPICLK2 on HN
Alternatives named
xterm.js
From 1 comment
I love TUIs and spent some time exploring the project. I guess you posted it here to hear some feedback. The landing page compares it to xtermjs as superior version. What I find…
haute_cuisine on HN
assembler.org
From 1 comment
:) reminds me of a contemporary: assembler.org
keepamovin on HN