Hacker News with Generative AI: Terminal

How to add a directory to your PATH (jvns.ca)
I was talking to a friend about how to add a directory to your PATH today. It’s something that feels “obvious” to me since I’ve been using the terminal for a long time, but when I searched for instructions for how to do it, I actually couldn’t find something that explained all of the steps – a lot of them just said “add this to ~/.bashrc”, but what if you’re not using bash?
Linux, Terminal, Bash, Operating Systems, Programming
19 points by misonic 4 days ago | 17 comments
Trick to find commands in the terminal quickly (github.com/madprops)
I gained a new trick.
Terminal, Command Line, Productivity, Programming, Tips
94 points by Toby1VC 4 days ago | 77 comments
Show HN: Hnterminal, browse/interact with Hacker News in terminal (github.com/Aperocky)
Hacker News, Terminal, Command Line, Tools, Software
10 points by Aperocky 13 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Browse Your Calibre Library From The Terminal (calibre TUI wrapper) (github.com/Benexl)
A TUI wrapper over the calibredb
Open Source, Software, Terminal, Libraries
4 points by Benex254 24 days ago | 0 comments
Shunpo: Minimalist bash tool to make directory navigation a little bit faster (github.com/egurapha)
Shunpo is a minimalist bash tool that tries to make directory navigation in terminal just a little bit faster by providing a simple system to manage bookmarks and jump to directories with only a few keystrokes.
Bash, Terminal, Productivity, Open Source
114 points by thunderbong 25 days ago | 50 comments
SRCL: Open-source React project to build web apps with terminal aesthetics (sacred.computer)
SRCL is an open-source React component and style repository that helps you build web applications, desktop applications, and static websites with terminal aesthetics.
Open Source, React, Web Development, User Interface, Terminal
183 points by CharlesW 33 days ago | 26 comments
Supershell, an AI powered shell~terminal assistant (open-source) (2501.ai)
Enter Supershell, the next evolution of terminal interaction. More than a copilot, it’s a real-time assistant that transforms your command-line experience.
Artificial Intelligence, Command Line, Open Source, Terminal
15 points by alex-zhuk 36 days ago | 3 comments
Yt-x: Browse YouTube from your terminal (github.com/Benexl)
Browse YouTube from your terminal. Plus other sites yt-dlp supports.
YouTube, Terminal, Command Line, Programming, Open Source
63 points by thunderbong 52 days ago | 4 comments
Actual Web Rendering in Terminal (github.com/chase)
Web Development, Terminal, Software, Open Source
28 points by Smaug123 56 days ago | 1 comments
"Rules" that terminal programs follow (jvns.ca)
Recently I’ve been thinking about how everything that happens in the terminal is some combination of:
Terminal, Programming, Operating Systems
298 points by charlieok 70 days ago | 147 comments
Chawan: A web browser for your terminal (sr.ht)
A text-mode web browser. It displays websites in your terminal and allows you to navigate on them.
Web Browsers, Terminal
4 points by fanf2 77 days ago | 0 comments
The Story of Nel (deusinmachina.net)
Real Programmers code in the terminal.
Programming, Terminal, Stories
36 points by Decabytes 82 days ago | 7 comments
ANSI Escape Sequences Cheatsheet (github.com)
Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
Programming, Terminal, Command Line, Code Sharing
13 points by greatgib 92 days ago | 2 comments
Sequin: A powerful little tool for inspecting ANSI escape sequences (github.com/charmbracelet)
Human-readable ANSI sequences 🪩
Tools, Terminal, Programming, ANSI
105 points by linsomniac 94 days ago | 31 comments
chawan: A web browser for your terminal (sr.ht)
Web Browsers, Terminal, Command Line
12 points by gaws 94 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Scooter – Interactive find and replace in the terminal (github.com/thomasschafer)
Scooter is an interactive find-and-replace terminal UI app.
Terminal, UI, Tools, Software, Productivity
131 points by tomschafer 97 days ago | 67 comments
Way too many ways to wait on a child process with a timeout (gaultier.github.io)
I often need to launch a program in the terminal in a retry loop. Maybe because it's flaky, or because it tries to contact a remote service that is not available. A few scenarios:
Programming, Terminal, Child Processes, Timeouts
129 points by broken_broken_ 102 days ago | 32 comments
Show HN: A Terminal filesystem navigator (github.com/willmcgugan)
An experimental filesystem navigator for the terminal, built with Textual
Terminal, Command Line, Open Source, Software, Programming
11 points by willm 110 days ago | 1 comments
ASCII control characters in my terminal (jvns.ca)
Hello! I’ve been thinking about the terminal a lot and yesterday I got curious about all these “control codes”, like Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-W, etc. What’s the deal with all of them?
Terminal, Programming, Operating Systems
29 points by ingve 112 days ago | 5 comments
ASCII control characters in my terminal (jvns.ca)
Hello! I’ve been thinking about the terminal a lot and yesterday I got curious about all these “control codes”, like Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-W, etc. What’s the deal with all of them?
Terminal, Command Line, ASCII, Programming, Control Codes
23 points by ingve 112 days ago | 6 comments
Gohufont (gohu.org)
Gohufont is a monospace bitmap font well suited for programming and terminal use.
Fonts, Programming, Terminal
17 points by pizza 136 days ago | 3 comments
Show HN: kew – A Terminal Music Player for Linux (github.com/ravachol)
kew (/kjuː/) is a terminal music player for Linux.
Linux, Music, Terminal, Software
152 points by ravachol 139 days ago | 65 comments
Show HN: Screensavers for your terminal (Bevy/Ratatui) (github.com/cxreiff)
Screensavers for your terminal. Start immediately or after a period of inactivity within a shell.
Terminal, Software, New Releases, Creative Projects
119 points by cxreiff 140 days ago | 21 comments
Theattyr: A terminal theater for playing VT100 art and animations (github.com/orhun)
A terminal theater for playing VT100 art and animations.
Terminal, Art, Animation, Programming, Open Source
44 points by orhunp_ 149 days ago | 6 comments
Cutting videos in the terminal with chafa and FFmpeg (wonger.dev)
I've been working on a video editor for the terminal: demo.webm.
Video Editing, Terminal, FFmpeg
7 points by surprisetalk 155 days ago | 2 comments
Show HN: An experimental 2D/3D game engine for the terminal (github.com/andrewmd5)
Glyphion is an experimental game engine that renders 2D and 3D games to the terminal.
Game Development, Terminal, Open Source, Experimental, 2D/3D
11 points by andrew_rfc 155 days ago | 2 comments
Terminal Tinder: Find your next colorscheme (terminaltinder.com)
Fall in love with your next color scheme
Terminal, Color Schemes, Customization, Design
12 points by tdubey 163 days ago | 1 comments
Browsing Hacker News in the Terminal (ggerganov.com)
HNTerm is a Hacker News client for the terminal.
Command Line, Terminal, Hacker News
113 points by h99 167 days ago | 32 comments
Essential Terminal Commands Every Developer Should Know (trevorlasn.com)
Development, Terminal, Command Line
30 points by todsacerdoti 183 days ago | 35 comments
oh-my-posh: The most customisable and low-latency cross platform/shell prompt (github.com/JanDeDobbeleer)
Shell, Customization, Cross-Platform, Open Source, Terminal
30 points by tambourine_man 184 days ago | 20 comments