terminal-code
Shares rank 47 of 56 text editors by recommenders
Brings VS Code into the terminal, which people welcome. Critics note it is Electron-based and streams video, not true SSH.
Brings VS Code into the terminal, which people welcome. Critics note it is Electron-based and streams video, not true SSH.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 56%
Recommended in 1 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: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not 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
Appealing VS Code option on Linux
“pretty much the first thing close to a reason why I would consider installing anything Microsoft related on my Linux”
Comment from 23 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: terminal-code – VS Code inside the terminal” Fits a long-held need
“That's exactly what I am looking for several years.”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: terminal-code – VS Code inside the terminal” Praised as a fantastic idea
“Fantastic idea! You've my vote mate, good work!”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: terminal-code – VS Code inside the terminal” “idea seems to be fantastic”
Comment from 23 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: terminal-code – VS Code inside the terminal”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Electron app seen as bloated
“This just embeds electron and shoves it into the terminal instead of the native frontend.”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: terminal-code – VS Code inside the terminal” “bloated electron app running over bloated graphics stack”
Comment from 23 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: terminal-code – VS Code inside the terminal” Video streaming instead of SSH
“this is basically VS Code over RDP (uses video streaming over kitty protocol)”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: terminal-code – VS Code inside the terminal” “Using kitty's graphics protocol is not ssh nor "works over ssh".”
Comment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Terminal-code: VS Code inside the terminal”
Other text editors people recommend
The four most recommended other text editors, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zed | 700 | 430 | 62% | 13 | 6 mo57 owners | — |
| GNU Emacs | 648 | 207 | 76% | 13 | 20 yrs158 owners | Approved |
| Vim | 513 | 127 | 80% | 13 | 20 yrs55 owners | Approved |
| Visual Studio Code | 485 | 547 | 47% | 12 | 2 yrs13 owners | — |
| terminal-codeThis page | 5 | 4 | 56% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“bloated electron app running over bloated graphics stack”
“pretty much the first thing close to a reason why I would consider installing anything Microsoft related on my Linux”
“idea seems to be fantastic”
“This just embeds electron and shoves it into the terminal instead of the native frontend.”
“That's exactly what I am looking for several years.”
“this is basically VS Code over RDP (uses video streaming over kitty protocol)”
“Using kitty's graphics protocol is not ssh nor "works over ssh".”
“Fantastic idea! You've my vote mate, good work!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.