Superlogical
Ranked 8 of 11 terminal multiplexers by recommenders
Terminal multiplexer from Mitchell Hashimoto that people praise for easy mouse and tab use; critics call the pitch hype and the website vague.
Terminal multiplexer from Mitchell Hashimoto that people praise for easy mouse and tab use; critics call the pitch hype and the website vague.
26 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 12
- approval share
- 54%
Recommended in 2 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: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.1 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 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
Built by Mitchell Hashimoto's team
“Given the team, I know a great deal of care will be taken in building this product.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical” “Mitchell Hashimoto is one of the very few people I think can pull it off.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical” “If its got Mitchell, I'm in.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical” Fills a gap in terminals
“Really exciting IMO. Many people are are working on new work interfaces”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical” “Multibuffer program like Emacs but not Emacs. All for it.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical” “Definitely a missing piece in the ecosystem.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical” Easy to use out of box
“0 friction, intuitive ux. Mouse, scroll wheel tabs all work out of the box.”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical” “works without any WM installed, which is nice”
Comment from 31 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Seen as VC-funded hype
“It's just another AI gobbledygook product whose sole purpose for existing is to cash in on the hype bubble”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical” “Taking VC money to being a better (probably worse) tmux is the sort of clownworld stuff”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical” “This was just a pitch to VCs to collect a 10 million dollars”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical” - Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical”
Copy oversells the product
“the copy is trying to make it sound way deeper than it really is”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical” “website is very vague - not useful content - no information”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical” Breaks browser scrollbar
“That custom disappearing scrollbar doesn't look super logical; it doesn't even look logical, tbh.”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical” “Goes ahead and butchers the browser scrollbar.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical”
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The four most recommended other terminal multiplexers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tmux | 411 | 111 | 79% | 12 | 10 yrs14 owners | Approved |
| Herdr | 232 | 68 | 77% | 7 | 1 mo18 owners | Approved |
| Zellij | 93 | 33 | 74% | 12 | 2 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| GNU Screen | 33 | 11 | 75% | 12 | — | Approved |
| SuperlogicalThis page | 14 | 12 | 54% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
25 of the 26 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“superlogical is exactly the same as the new herdr, with the same gaps”
“I wish the author tried herdr or read about Superlogical”
“works without any WM installed, which is nice”
“website is very vague - not useful content - no information”
“Not my cup of tea, but I guess it might valuable to some?”
“That custom disappearing scrollbar doesn't look super logical; it doesn't even look logical, tbh.”
“0 friction, intuitive ux. Mouse, scroll wheel tabs all work out of the box.”
“Initial impression is that is is a weird stew of ghostty mixed with all the things HashiCorp tried to do”
“This was just a pitch to VCs to collect a 10 million dollars”
“only native macOS/iOS applications. Not a good look.”
“It's just another AI gobbledygook product whose sole purpose for existing is to cash in on the hype bubble”
“the copy is trying to make it sound way deeper than it really is”
“Definitely a missing piece in the ecosystem.”
“Multibuffer program like Emacs but not Emacs. All for it.”
“the server being their server that you eventually have to a pay a subscription to use”
“is horrible UX for a terminal multiplexer because the terminal has to be the same size”
“Goes ahead and butchers the browser scrollbar.”
“Given the team, I know a great deal of care will be taken in building this product.”
“Looking really cynically, it does seem like it might transition into some kind of cloud-development situation.”
“taking VC money for a tmux clone is wild”
“Really exciting IMO. Many people are are working on new work interfaces”
“Taking VC money to being a better (probably worse) tmux is the sort of clownworld stuff”
“If its got Mitchell, I'm in.”
“This is a tool that I want and think about daily.”
“Mitchell Hashimoto is one of the very few people I think can pull it off.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.