Gloomberb
Financial data terminal in Money & business
A free, open-source terminal app for finance data with a tiling layout that people find sensible. Critics say it looks vibe-coded and uses a lot of memory as a JavaScript runtime.
A free, open-source terminal app for finance data with a tiling layout that people find sensible. Critics say it looks vibe-coded and uses a lot of memory as a JavaScript runtime.
23 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 13
- approval share
- 43%
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: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: 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.
- 0.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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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
Free, open-source, shared with community
“I see a cool product that someone built and is sharing with the community”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” “It's auditable and totally fine for an open source project”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” “Thank you for giving the world your free software.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” Tiling layout with appealing look
“The tiling UI is quite sensible once you get the hang of it.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” “Some of us are just here for the æsthetics!”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” “I like this presentation more.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Looks vibe-coded or AI-generated
“The project is vibe-coded slop and coding LLMs are not famous for using obvious or minimalistic approaches.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” “Claude-generated TypeScript slop. So no, you don't want to pipe this into your bash.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” “It doesn't take a genius to realize this entire project was probably vibe coded.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” - Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb”
- Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb”
JavaScript runtime uses lots of RAM
“I am, 100%, not going to install some Java/Type-script nightmare like this though.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” “These bundled javascript runtime "apps" eat at least 500M of RAM on boot.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” “This is how I found out it's a javascript project and didn't install it.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” - Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb”
Recommends curl pipe to bash install
“Why would you advertise `curl | bash` as a way to install if there's a binary available?!”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” “Claude-generated TypeScript slop. So no, you don't want to pipe this into your bash.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” Website and download button broken
“couldn't even spend the time to clean up their vibe coded website”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” “I think a site that doesn't work properly is a bad one.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb” “The download button doesn't even work properly.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Gloomberb”
What people recommend instead
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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomberg Terminal | 36 | 17 | 68% | 10 | — | Approved |
| GloomberbThis page | 10 | 13 | 43% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 26 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Thank you for writing your CLI software in a way that I have to close it in order to use other parts of my computer.”
“Using JS for anything finance related is incredibly naive”
“This just looks like the standard , useless, retail trading software IMO.”
“The project is vibe-coded slop and coding LLMs are not famous for using obvious or minimalistic approaches.”
“Claude-generated TypeScript slop. So no, you don't want to pipe this into your bash.”
“This is how I found out it's a javascript project and didn't install it.”
“given the amount of web content being processed it makes a lot of sense to use JS and related tech”
“It doesn't take a genius to realize this entire project was probably vibe coded.”
“Thank you for giving the world your free software.”
“The tiling UI is quite sensible once you get the hang of it.”
“These bundled javascript runtime "apps" eat at least 500M of RAM on boot.”
“It's auditable and totally fine for an open source project”
“Why would you advertise `curl | bash` as a way to install if there's a binary available?!”
“Let those be the 40% we prefer less”
“vibe coded script running in a vibe-coded runtime”
“If you fail at a webpage in 2026, you have no chance at doing anything complex or innovative.”
“It's actually exactly what I want”
“I am, 100%, not going to install some Java/Type-script nightmare like this though.”
“I like this presentation more.”
“I see a cool product that someone built and is sharing with the community”
“I think a site that doesn't work properly is a bad one.”
“Useful on its own merits.”
“Which is not great for history, right? Seems like a real detractor.”
“The download button doesn't even work properly.”
“Some of us are just here for the æsthetics!”
“couldn't even spend the time to clean up their vibe coded website”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.