Waffle terminal
Shares rank 28 of 40 terminal emulators by recommenders
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.
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.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
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: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not 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
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, 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
Auto-tiling grid for sessions
“the auto-tiling grid and repo-based grouping are exactly what I've wanted”
Comment from 13 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid” “for me the auto tiling is really the main thing”
Comment from 12 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid” Small, lean app size
“the DMG weighs 3MB and the installed app is only 9MB”
Comment from 12 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid” “lean and elegant, amazing tool”
Comment from 12 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid”
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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 | — |
| Waffle terminalThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Super useful, thank you !”
“the auto-tiling grid and repo-based grouping are exactly what I've wanted”
“lean and elegant, amazing tool”
“there's no way I'd run a terminal that didn't have publicly inspectable source”
“the DMG weighs 3MB and the installed app is only 9MB”
“for me the auto tiling is really the main thing”
“no more lost terminal screens”
“it's really helped to speed up my workflow”
“love this. thanks for sharing!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.