Terminal
Metal GPU-accelerated rendering, smooth scrolling with momentum physics, text glow bloom effects, local sessions, visual effects, and session recording.
Metal GPU-accelerated terminal with full xterm-256color support
GPU-powered rendering
Metal-accelerated terminal rendering delivers buttery smooth scrolling and instant output, even with heavy log streams. Full xterm-256color support with true color. Recent optimizations deliver 14–16% higher throughput with async glyph rasterization and adaptive snapshot coalescing.
- • Metal GPU-accelerated rendering for smooth, high-performance output
- • Local PTY-backed terminal sessions — use as a standalone shell
- • Visual effects: CRT scanlines, Matrix screensaver, scanner effect, gradient backgrounds, solid colour backgrounds
- • Session recording with asciinema-compatible export
- • In-terminal search to find text in scrollback
- • Clickable URL detection — open links directly from terminal output
- • Session tabs — manage multiple named sessions within a single window
- • Custom prompt appearance — configurable rainbow username, path segment colors, and symbol color for local sessions
Smooth scrolling with momentum physics
A physics-based smooth scroll engine with sub-pixel precision renders trackpad scrolling at native macOS quality. Spring-back, rubber-band overscroll, and frame-rate-independent momentum feel natural on any display refresh rate.
- • Sub-pixel GPU scroll offset — vertex shader shifts all cells for jitter-free motion
- • Momentum decay and spring interpolation for natural trackpad feel
- • Rubber-band overscroll at scrollback bounds with spring-back animation
- • Frame-rate independent — smooth on 60 Hz, 120 Hz, and ProMotion displays
- • Terminal scrollbar for quick navigation through scrollback history
- • User-configurable — toggle smooth scrolling and adjust behaviour in Settings
Text glow & bloom effects
A GPU bloom pipeline adds a soft glow halo around bright terminal text, creating an atmospheric retro-futuristic look. Separable Gaussian blur runs at half resolution for zero-cost visual flair.
- • Bright-pass extraction, 13-tap separable Gaussian blur, additive composite
- • Gradient coupling — bloom halo tints with your active gradient theme colours
- • Adjustable threshold, intensity, and radius sliders in Settings
- • Pairs beautifully with CRT scanlines and gradient backgrounds