# Waffle terminal

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Waffle terminal and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Waffle as a lean native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid and groups them by repo. Its source is publicly inspectable.

## Why people recommend it

- Auto-tiling grid for sessions (2 comments): "the auto-tiling grid and repo-based grouping are exactly what I've wanted" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47748998)) "for me the auto tiling is really the main thing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47735868))
- Small, lean app size (2 comments): "the DMG weighs 3MB and the installed app is only 9MB" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47737486)) "lean and elegant, amazing tool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47737870))

## 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, "Waffle terminal", https://hackerapproved.com/p/waffle/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).