# Ptyxis Terminal

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/ptyxis/

6 people recommended Ptyxis Terminal in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

3 of the 6 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Linux Terminal Memory Usage”.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a handy GNOME terminal with features gnome-terminal lacks and scriptable settings. Main caveat: small differences in hotkeys and rendering from similar terminals.

Summary written by Claude from 10 comments.

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## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ptyxis Terminal", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ptyxis/ (6 recommend, 1 mixed, 3 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.