# Gridland

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Gridland and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free tool for making terminal apps that also run in the browser; people praise its smooth, near-instant updates and find it fun.

## Why people recommend it

- Smooth, fast terminal rendering (2 comments): "Almost no flicker, smooth updates across all meter cards." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47549298)) "near instant for Gridland vs ~2-3s for Ink Web" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512526))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ratatui](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ratatui.md): 57 recommend
- [Bubble Tea](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bubble-tea.md): 37 recommend
- [Textual](https://hackerapproved.com/p/textual.md): 34 recommend
- [Turbo Vision](https://hackerapproved.com/p/turbo-vision.md): 26 recommend
- [Ink](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ink.md): 13 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Gridland", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gridland/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).