Ratty – A terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics

Post by noelwelsh » Mon, May 11, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC

alias_neo wrote: post #50

noelwelsh wrote: post #46

I like this. No reason the terminal should only support text. Data science notebooks show one way the terminal can evolve. Lots of interesting stuff happening in this space, with Kitty probably being the most aggressive innovator here [1]. I'm not sure there is an overall vision, though. [1]: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/protocol-extensions/

I wonder if something like this could work for thumbnails in the terminal; I prefer to browse my filesystem from a terminal rather than the point and click file manager typically, and it would be really useful if I could have a grid-style `ls` with terminal based renders of the 3d models (thinking STL/STEP, 3D printing) in that directory. Bonus points if I could preview/rotate the model to inspect it.

Post by mghackerlady » Mon, May 11, 2026, 1:22 PM UTC

silon42 wrote: post #25

IMO, next crazy step is for terminal to just have wayland or X11 protocol ? (/s or not?)

Post by EMM_386 » Mon, May 11, 2026, 1:24 PM UTC

tekla wrote: post #62

amelius wrote: post #26

Terminal is slowly becoming a full featured web browser.

Isn't there a Terminal that renders everything with React? Super slow, but I guess thats what web devs want.

Post by ch4s3 » Mon, May 11, 2026, 1:26 PM UTC

bcjdjsndon wrote: post #49

noelwelsh wrote: post #46

I like this. No reason the terminal should only support text. Data science notebooks show one way the terminal can evolve. Lots of interesting stuff happening in this space, with Kitty probably being the most aggressive innovator here [1]. I'm not sure there is an overall vision, though. [1]: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/protocol-extensions/

Terry A Davis already did this. It was as crazy then as it is now

Post by lackoftactics » Mon, May 11, 2026, 1:30 PM UTC