# Terminal Click

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Terminal Click and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a handmade, author-built native terminal with GUI and TUI working together. Critics say it lacks polish compared with Ghostty.

## Why people recommend it

- Handmade, author-built, early-stage project (2 comments): "Serious Handmade projects, like my own Terminal Click, don't gain from AI." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46127319)) "my own Terminal Click (still early days)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46128106))

## What people warn about

- Less polished than Ghostty (1 comments): "what Ghostty lacks in novelty Terminal Click lacks in polish" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48634145))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ghostty](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ghostty.md): 401 recommend
- [Termux](https://hackerapproved.com/p/termux.md): 188 recommend
- [iTerm2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/iterm2.md): 95 recommend
- [Warp terminal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/warp-terminal.md): 84 recommend
- [Kitty terminal emulator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kitty.md): 79 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Terminal Click", https://hackerapproved.com/p/terminal-click/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).