Show HN: Prompt – A New, Beautiful Terminal

Category: devtools

Tags: terminal, gpu-rendering, rust, developer-tools, ghostty, wgpu

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 5)

Prompt is a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator written in Rust, built on libghostty and wgpu, featuring an editor-grade composer, command blocks, split panes, and background tabs. It aims to bring polished, click-to-edit command-line interaction with syntax highlighting and history search to macOS and Linux, though it is currently alpha software. The combination of custom GPU rendering and a structured command-block interface gives it a distinct, modern feel.

Target audience: power users, developers, and terminal enthusiasts

Repository: https://github.com/paul-oms/prompt · Rust · MIT · 4 stars

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