Show HN: Term.everything – Run any GUI app in the terminal • Hacker News Board

actsasbuffoon wrote: post #37

nick__m wrote: post #34

That's awesomely useless, it straddles the line between programming and art. I am sure it was a great and fun learning experience. Well done !

Yeah, I can’t explain why this project makes me so happy because I struggle to think of any time where I’d need this, but it puts a big, dumb grin on my face.

It reminds me a bit of chindōgu, the Japanese art (?) of useless inventions. There's a particular delight to ingenious, but absurd or useless creations.

Re: Show HN: Term.everything – Run any GUI app in the terminal

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Post by babypuncher » Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 6:05 PM UTC

Combine this with desktop-tui[1] and say goodbye to graphical desktop managers forever!

1: https://github.com/Julien-cpsn/desktop-tui

Re: Show HN: Term.everything – Run any GUI app in the terminal

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Post by rochak » Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 6:14 PM UTC

Wow this is incredible

Re: Show HN: Term.everything – Run any GUI app in the terminal

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Post by mmulet » Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 6:23 PM UTC

FergusArgyll wrote: post #43

NewUser49 wrote: post #33

Outstanding project! Keep it up. If it ever gets renamed, consider - Terminal.All, T.All, or TAll.

Termin-all was right there

The deciding factor was that I just liked using term as a verb.

Re: Show HN: Term.everything – Run any GUI app in the terminal

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Post by maxglute » Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 6:24 PM UTC

Stupid, love it. Occasionally I'll use shaderglass ascii shader on oled screen to play videos with pixel ratio that makes UI unreadable, but it's charming experience.