WorldTUI
Generative terminal emulator in AI tools
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.
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.
20 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 15
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 75%
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: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 15 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 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
Fun, cool, interesting project
“I think this project is a very good way to explore the question”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal” “This is so cool! Thanks for sharing.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal” “Very cool to do this as a Terminal!”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal” - Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal”
- Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal”
Impressive given the effort involved
“Very very cool! Impressed that it can be done with only fine tuning”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal” “Very impressive, and a lot more work than it looks from the outside”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal” Could work as a honeypot
“This would be great for a honeypot”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal” “This would be handy as a honeypot!”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal” Good for exploring similar ideas
“I think this project is a very good way to explore the question”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal” “Looking forward to exploring similar idea with this terminal”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow in Firefox and on phones
“Running in Firefox makes every keypress a slow motion show.”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal” “Fucking slowly on my phone.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal”
What people said
18 of the 21 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Fucking slowly on my phone.”
“This would be handy as a honeypot!”
“This is so cool! Thanks for sharing.”
“It's a very interesting project.”
“This is such a fun project!”
“Great way to get people to type in their passwords.”
“This would be great for a honeypot”
“it has a huge impact, you can go from 30% fidelity to 90-100% just with that”
“I don't see such a button at all, all I see is text/image pills, samples and a "Commit" button”
“there’s also a web demo, where you can run the code and see the reconstruction”
“Very impressive, and a lot more work than it looks from the outside”
“This is more useful than you'd think.”
“Looking forward to exploring similar idea with this terminal”
“I think this project is a very good way to explore the question”
“Very cool to do this as a Terminal!”
“Running in Firefox makes every keypress a slow motion show.”
“is not working remotely as close as the demo gif”
“Very very cool! Impressed that it can be done with only fine tuning”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.