TUIOS is a terminal-based window manager that provides a modern, efficient interface for managing multiple terminal sessions.
Built with Go using the Charm stack (Bubble Tea v2 and Lipgloss v2), TUIOS offers a vim-like modal interface with comprehensive keyboard shortcuts, workspace support, and mouse interaction.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Multiple Terminal Windows: Create and manage multiple terminal sessions.
- 9 Workspaces: Organize windows across independent workspaces.
- Modal Interface: Vim-inspired Window Management and Terminal modes.
- Automatic Tiling: Optional grid-based window layouts.
- Vim-Style Copy Mode: Navigate scrollback (10,000 lines), search, and select text with vim keybindings.
- Customizable Keybindings: TOML configuration file with full keybinding customization (Kitty protocol support).
- Mouse Support: Click, drag, and resize with full mouse interaction.
- SSH Server Mode: Remote terminal multiplexing with per-connection isolation.
- Web Terminal Mode: Access TUIOS from any browser with WebGL rendering.
- Smart Performance: Style caching, viewport culling, adaptive refresh (60Hz/30Hz).
Website: github.com/Gaurav-Gosain/tuios
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Developer: Gaurav Gosain
License: MIT License
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