Gridland
Shares rank 9 of 14 terminal UI libraries by recommenders
Free tool for making terminal apps that also run in the browser; people praise its smooth, near-instant updates and find it fun.
Free tool for making terminal apps that also run in the browser; people praise its smooth, near-instant updates and find it fun.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not 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
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, 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
Smooth, fast terminal rendering
“Almost no flicker, smooth updates across all meter cards.”
Comment from 27 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Gridland: make terminal apps that also run in the browser” “near instant for Gridland vs ~2-3s for Ink Web”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Gridland: make terminal apps that also run in the browser”
Other terminal UI libraries people recommend
The four most recommended other terminal UI libraries, 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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratatui | 57 | 6 | 90% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Bubble Tea | 37 | 16 | 70% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Textual | 34 | 2 | 94% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Turbo Vision | 26 | 5 | 84% | 9 | — | Approved |
| GridlandThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Almost no flicker, smooth updates across all meter cards.”
“A browser preview would completely change that.”
“near instant for Gridland vs ~2-3s for Ink Web”
“if you're also down to use React”
“It needs to exist because it's fun.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.