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Show HN: Zenta – Mindfulness for Terminal Users

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Post by ihiep » Fri, Jun 27, 2025, 8:28 AM UTC

Show HN: Zenta – Mindfulness for Terminal Users
github.com

Re: Show HN: Zenta – Mindfulness for Terminal Users

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Post by car » Fri, Jun 27, 2025, 9:38 AM UTC

Great.

I only get a line animation in the MacOS terminal app, under zsh, it doesn't look like the description.

Re: Show HN: Zenta – Mindfulness for Terminal Users

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Post by ihiep » Fri, Jun 27, 2025, 9:52 AM UTC

car wrote: post #2

Great. I only get a line animation in the MacOS terminal app, under zsh, it doesn't look like the description.

Thanks for the feedback! You're right. I haven’t tested it on Terminal.app yet. It works well on iTerm2 and most Linux terminals, but I’ll review it on Terminal.app soon and update the tool or the README to reflect compatibility. Really appreciate you pointing that out.

Re: Show HN: Zenta – Mindfulness for Terminal Users

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Post by ihiep » Fri, Jun 27, 2025, 10:19 AM UTC

car wrote: post #2

Great. I only get a line animation in the MacOS terminal app, under zsh, it doesn't look like the description.

Update: Just released v0.3.1 with Terminal.app compatibility fixed! The tool now auto-detects your terminal and adapts gracefully. You'll see a beautiful progressive breathing animation that flows like: Inhale: · → ○ → ●○○ → ●●●● (building up) Exhale: ●●●● → ●○○ → ○ → · (releasing down) Try the latest version - it should breathe beautifully on Terminal.app now. Thanks for helping make mindfulness accessible to everyone!

Re: Show HN: Zenta – Mindfulness for Terminal Users

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Post by aftergibson » Fri, Jun 27, 2025, 10:43 AM UTC

Well that's just neat, thanks for sharing!

Re: Show HN: Zenta – Mindfulness for Terminal Users

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Post by ihiep » Fri, Jun 27, 2025, 10:45 AM UTC

aftergibson wrote: post #5

Well that's just neat, thanks for sharing!

It is only what it is. Thank you for seeing

Re: Show HN: Zenta – Mindfulness for Terminal Users

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Post by zipping1549 » Fri, Jun 27, 2025, 11:38 AM UTC

I always love this kind of silly tui tools. Thanks for sharing!

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Post by laalshaitaan » Fri, Jun 27, 2025, 11:56 AM UTC

no analytics, no numbers, love that!

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Post by d--b » Fri, Jun 27, 2025, 12:15 PM UTC

Looks great, though I must say I am not a huge fan of the yoga-namaste-style theme. Reminds me of spas where the "relaxing" music is stock ambient crap.

If I had more time, I'd theme it with a more rock n roll approach.

Re: Show HN: Zenta – Mindfulness for Terminal Users

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Post by abhisek » Fri, Jun 27, 2025, 12:17 PM UTC

tomhow wrote: post #18

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I experienced mindfulness when I moved to i3wm.