Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid

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Post by olleeolleeollee » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 3:20 AM UTC

billylo wrote: post #3

love this. thanks for sharing!

Thank you! Give me a shout if there’s anything I can add or change that would make it more useful for you.

Re: Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid

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Post by LimeLimestone » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 9:03 AM UTC

omg, the DMG weighs 3MB and the installed app is only 9MB. Amazing

Re: Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid

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Post by smcleod » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC

I like the tiling concept but I don't see the source code linked, is this closed source? There's no way I'd run a terminal that didn't have publicly inspectable source, there's just too much that could go wrong.

Re: Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid

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Post by Yizen » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC

Tried it, lean and elegant, amazing tool ! I like the "omarchy/wayland" auto focus of the tab when moving the mouse over, saves a click, this could be added as an option.

Re: Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 10:05 AM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid

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Post by brainymo » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 5:56 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid

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Post by SeriousM » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 9:24 PM UTC

I'm on Windows and I would love to see such a easy solution for the windows terminal.

Re: Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid

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Post by olleeolleeollee » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC

smcleod wrote: post #13

I like the tiling concept but I don't see the source code linked, is this closed source? There's no way I'd run a terminal that didn't have publicly inspectable source, there's just too much that could go wrong.

Fair! I certainly could publish the source. It’s more or less just a wrapper for Miguel de Icaza‘s SwiftTerm:

https://github.com/migueldeicaza/SwiftTerm

Re: Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid

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Post by olleeolleeollee » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC

SeriousM wrote: post #17

I'm on Windows and I would love to see such a easy solution for the windows terminal.

This is just something to scratch my own itch, I’m afraid, so no plans to build for any other platforms sorry!

Re: Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid

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Post by olleeolleeollee » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC

LimeLimestone wrote: post #12

omg, the DMG weighs 3MB and the installed app is only 9MB. Amazing

Thanks for noticing