Show HN: Unterm – A pure-Rust terminal for humans and AI agents

Category: devtools

Tags: terminal, mcp, ai-agents, rust, orchestration, devtools

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

Unterm is a cross-platform terminal written in Rust that exposes a comprehensive MCP (JSON-RPC) API, allowing AI agents to control it programmatically. It also features an 'Agent Cockpit' for humans to monitor and manage multiple AI agents running inside the terminal, with fleet orchestration, review, and verification capabilities. The project stands out by treating the terminal as a governable, agent-controllable surface while keeping AI generation outside the terminal.

Target audience: backend developers, devops, AI engineers, power users

Repository: https://github.com/zhitongblog/unterm · Rust · NOASSERTION · 14 stars

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