Terminal Click
Shares rank 31 of 40 terminal emulators by recommenders
Recommended as a handmade, author-built native terminal with GUI and TUI working together. Critics say it lacks polish compared with Ghostty.
Recommended as a handmade, author-built native terminal with GUI and TUI working together. Critics say it lacks polish compared with Ghostty.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: 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 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Handmade, author-built, early-stage project
“Serious Handmade projects, like my own Terminal Click, don't gain from AI.”
Comment from 2 Dec 2025 in “Anthropic acquires Bun” “my own Terminal Click (still early days)”
Comment from 2 Dec 2025 in “Anthropic acquires Bun”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Less polished than Ghostty
“what Ghostty lacks in novelty Terminal Click lacks in polish”
Comment from 22 Jun 2026 in “Pledging Another $400k to the Zig Software Foundation”
Other terminal emulators people recommend
The four most recommended other terminal emulators, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghostty | 401 | 158 | 72% | 12 | 3 mo22 owners | Approved |
| Termux | 188 | 31 | 86% | 12 | 1 yr6 owners | Approved |
| iTerm2 | 95 | 69 | 58% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | — |
| Warp terminal | 84 | 86 | 49% | 11 | 1 yr5 owners | — |
| Terminal ClickThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the native GUI and TUI work in tandem to unlock some rewind”
“what Ghostty lacks in novelty Terminal Click lacks in polish”
“watch the 3-minute landing trailer for the gist of the vision”
“my own Terminal Click (still early days)”
“Serious Handmade projects, like my own Terminal Click, don't gain from AI.”
“Self-plug since you're my exact target audience: check out Terminal Click”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.