Toad is a unified experience for AI in the terminal

_whiteCaps_ wrote: post #2

I'm really looking forward to trying this out over Christmas break. Textualize is awesome for building Python console apps.

Me too. I am on a mobile device but I put the article link on my TODO list.

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Post by fcarraldo » Tue, Dec 23, 2025, 4:51 AM UTC

This looks great! Looking forward to trying it out. I recently tried moving to OpenCode but it didn’t quite scratch the itch UX wise.

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Post by bunsenhoneydew » Tue, Dec 23, 2025, 11:23 AM UTC

willm wrote: post #4

Hi. Will McGugan here. I built Toad. Ask me anything.

Sorry, not a question, just wanted to say congrats on putting this together. I am so the target market for a nice terminal interface. I can’t wait to try this out!

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Post by willm » Tue, Dec 23, 2025, 11:38 AM UTC

bunsenhoneydew wrote: post #7

willm wrote: post #4

Hi. Will McGugan here. I built Toad. Ask me anything.

Sorry, not a question, just wanted to say congrats on putting this together. I am so the target market for a nice terminal interface. I can’t wait to try this out!

Thanks. Hope you like it.

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Post by SamvitJ » Tue, Dec 23, 2025, 11:58 AM UTC

I see what you did what that intro and I approve :)

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Post by jswny » Tue, Dec 23, 2025, 2:17 PM UTC

willm wrote: post #4

Hi. Will McGugan here. I built Toad. Ask me anything.

Very interesting project! I have 2 questions:

1. How has it been working with ACP? Is it anywhere near feature parity with Claude code’s native interface?

2. I see your repo is written in Python which is interesting to me for a responsive TUI. Is it snappy and performant and if so what gave you done to make it feel native? And why did you choose Python?