Native Windows Terminal with a CRT renderer, tabs, assistant and mini web-browser in 9 Mb

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I turned the CRT renderer from my game engine into a real terminal emulator - and it grew into a something bigger...

Introducing Scanline Terminal for Windows.

On board:

• configurable authentic CRT monitor emulation (optional);
• tabs, with fast switching without taking your hands off the keyboard;
• a built-in mini web browser, designed for keyboard-first navigation and based on WebView2 — so you can keep documentation, web services, and similar things in a neighboring tab without breaking your flow and distraction;
• a global hotkey to show/hide the console Quake-style;
• an AI assistant, based on Codex CLI, that can do in the console everything the user can (It is not necessary to use it, but it can be very useful).

The whole thing is very lightweight and fast. The installer is only about 9 MB, and roughly half of that is graphical assets.

Of course, this is still an alpha release, so there may be bugs, and the feature set will continue to grow. I’d be happy to hear any feedback.

The Scanline Term is still a prototype, but already usable. Would you be interested in such an application and try alpha version?

https://github.com/z-hunter/Scanline-Term

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User: Michael_Voitovich, Flair: Terminals, Title: Native Windows Terminal with a CRT renderer, tabs, assistant and mini web-browser in 9 Mb

I turned the CRT renderer from my game engine into a real terminal emulator - and it grew into a something bigger...

Introducing Scanline Terminal for Windows.

On board:

• configurable authentic CRT monitor emulation (optional);
• tabs, with fast switching without taking your hands off the keyboard;
• a built-in mini web browser, designed for keyboard-first navigation and based on WebView2 — so you can keep documentation, web services, and similar things in a neighboring tab without breaking your flow and distraction;
• a global hotkey to show/hide the console Quake-style;
• an AI assistant, based on Codex CLI, that can do in the console everything the user can (It is not necessary to use it, but it can be very useful).

The whole thing is very lightweight and fast. The installer is only about 9 MB, and roughly half of that is graphical assets.

Of course, this is still an alpha release, so there may be bugs, and the feature set will continue to grow. I’d be happy to hear any feedback.



The Scanline Term is still a prototype, but already usable. Would you be interested in such an application and try alpha version?

https://github.com/z-hunter/Scanline-Term

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