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Ask HN: GUI or TUI for Coding Harness?

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Post by nwparker » Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC

There's alot of debate right now between GUI vs TUI (ex: Claude Desktop vs. Claude Code).

I know some (Zed), have tried to bridge the gap with ACP, but for me that's always fallen a bit short.

What's your view?

Re: Ask HN: GUI or TUI for Coding Harness?

Post by nwparker » Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 8:43 PM UTC

FWIW this is why we built Orca (https://github.com/stablyai/orca), we beleive in the TUI world but just want a GUI wrapper to help bridge the chaos

Post by BlueOrigin50 » Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 9:15 PM UTC

TUI > GUI. You just get default compatibility with any third-party harnesses