Whippy Term is a modern terminal program. It has been designed to have a modern UI and to run on modern OS’s including Linux.
It also has a number of unique features such as bookmarks, built in hex dumps, extending through plugins, and native support for binary protocols.
It is primarily aimed at embedded developers that need to talk to their devices. It supports serial communication such as serial ports (RS232, RS485, RS422, TTL UART), TCP/IP, UDP. It also supports protocols such as I2C and SPI though plugins.
Terminal emulations such as ANSI and VT100 can be added (ANSI is builtin and always available) through plugins.
WhippyTerm also support working with binary protocols, in both serial streams like RS232, and message block protocols like UDP. Support for sending blocks of binary or AscII data is included to better work with embedded devices and binary protocols.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/TheBeef/WhippyTerm
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Developer: Paul Hutchinson
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Whippy Term is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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