Yaw terminal
Shares rank 31 of 40 terminal emulators by recommenders
People recommend Yaw as a terminal built around AI coding CLIs, auto-splitting panes when an agent like Claude Code starts and offering a shareable Yaw Mode config.
People recommend Yaw as a terminal built around AI coding CLIs, auto-splitting panes when an agent like Claude Code starts and offering a shareable Yaw Mode config.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: 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
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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-splits pane when AI CLI detected
“The auto-snap workflow that detects the agent CLI and splits the pane automatically is a clean solution to a genuine ergonomic problem.”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Yaw – A terminal built around the Claude Code/Codex CLI workflow” “automatically splitting when it detects an agent CLI is a great UX decision”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Yaw – A terminal built around the Claude Code/Codex CLI workflow” “the ai cli split-pane workflow really works for me”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Yaw: terminal, SSH/database connections, AI Chat and optimized AI CLI” - Comment from 28 Apr 2026 in “Warp is now open-source”
Shareable Claude Code config and rules
“i provide one in Yaw Mode and you can copy it and modify and use a modified if you wanted to learn and tweak yours.”
Comment from 3 Jul 2026 in “AI coding is a nightmare. Am I the only one experiencing this?” “the rules are mostly things I got tired of re-explaining to Claude”
Comment from 22 Apr 2026 in “Yaw Mode: opinionated config for Claude Code” Reduces friction, works as described
“removed a surprising amount of friction for me”
Comment from 3 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Yaw – A terminal built around the Claude Code/Codex CLI workflow” “Tried it this morning. Works as described.”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Yaw: terminal, SSH/database connections, AI Chat and optimized AI CLI”
Other terminal emulators people recommend
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 | — |
| Yaw terminalThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
13 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“i provide one in Yaw Mode and you can copy it and modify and use a modified if you wanted to learn and tweak yours.”
“terminal first experience that also treats ai cli as a first class citizen”
“continuing to use claude all day no problems while the browser is absolutely unavailable”
“iterm2 was absolutely an inspiration.”
“the rules are mostly things I got tired of re-explaining to Claude”
“i am a bit biased here, but if on windows: yaw terminal”
“helpful for asking tangential questions about the current claude session”
“automatically splitting when it detects an agent CLI is a great UX decision”
“The auto-snap workflow that detects the agent CLI and splits the pane automatically is a clean solution to a genuine ergonomic problem.”
“This terminal terminals like no other!”
“removed a surprising amount of friction for me”
“the ai cli split-pane workflow really works for me”
“Tried it this morning. Works as described.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.