# WorldTUI

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/worldtui/

15 people recommended WorldTUI in Hacker News comments and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

15 of the 15 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal”.

**Verdict:** People call this a fun, impressive demo showing a 360M model can convincingly imitate a terminal with only fine-tuning. Critics mainly say it runs slowly.

Summary written by Claude from 18 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun, cool, interesting project (5 comments in the sample): "I think this project is a very good way to explore the question" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50192906)) "This is so cool! Thanks for sharing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50205038)) "Very cool to do this as a Terminal!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50192466))
- Impressive given the effort involved (2 comments in the sample): "Very very cool! Impressed that it can be done with only fine tuning" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50192162)) "Very impressive, and a lot more work than it looks from the outside" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50194980))
- Could work as a honeypot (2 comments in the sample): "This would be great for a honeypot" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50198960)) "This would be handy as a honeypot!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50207307))
- Good for exploring similar ideas (1 comment in the sample): "Looking forward to exploring similar idea with this terminal" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50192980))

## What people warn about

- Slow in Firefox and on phones (2 comments in the sample): "Running in Firefox makes every keypress a slow motion show." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50192315)) "Fucking slowly on my phone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50207511))

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "WorldTUI", https://hackerapproved.com/p/worldtui/ (15 recommend, 0 mixed, 5 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.