Faceoff
Shares rank 22 of 40 terminal emulators by recommenders
Free terminal app for following NHL games, praised as fun and as a missing interface for sports.
Free terminal app for following NHL games, praised as fun and as a missing interface for sports.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun to use, even for non-fans
“Not a hockey fan but i absolutely love this”
Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games” “Super fun! Nice job shipping!”
Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games” Thanks and praise for the builder
“I love this so much and appreciate you for building it”
Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games” “Super fun! Nice job shipping!”
Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games” Sports interface like Teletext
“It's like the reinvention of Teletext”
Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games” “The missing interface from sports.”
Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games”
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The four most recommended other terminal emulators, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghostty | 401 | 158 | 72% | 12 | 3 mo22 owners | Approved |
| Termux | 188 | 31 | 86% | 12 | 1 yr6 owners | Approved |
| iTerm2 | 95 | 69 | 58% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | — |
| Warp terminal | 84 | 86 | 49% | 11 | 1 yr5 owners | — |
| FaceoffThis page | 10 | 2 | 83% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Textual + NHL API = perfection”
“I love this so much and appreciate you for building it”
“Not a hockey fan but i absolutely love this”
“It's like the reinvention of Teletext”
“Should've gone for something generalized that could handle a bunch of different games”
“The missing interface from sports.”
“Super fun! Nice job shipping!”
“face masks covering faces during a break-in is no an issue for Ring”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.