waveterm

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Wave Terminal

Wave is an open-source terminal that can launch graphical widgets, controlled and integrated directly with the CLI. It includes a base terminal, directory browser, file previews (images, media, markdown), a graphical editor (for code/text files), a web browser, and integrated AI chat.

Wave isn't just another terminal emulator; it's a rethink on how terminals are built. For too long there has been a disconnect between the CLI and the web. If you want fast, keyboard-accessible, easy-to-write applications, you use the CLI, but if you want graphical interfaces, native widgets, copy/paste, scrolling, variable font sizes, then you'd have to turn to the web. Wave's goal is to bridge that gap.

Installation

Wave Terminal works on MacOS, Linux, and Windows.

Install Wave Terminal from: www.waveterm.dev/download

Also available as a homebrew cask for MacOS:

brew install --cask wave

Links

• Homepage — https://www.waveterm.dev
• Download Page — https://www.waveterm.dev/download
• Documentation — https://docs.waveterm.dev/
• Blog — https://blog.waveterm.dev/
• Discord Community — https://discord.gg/XfvZ334gwU

Building from Source

We use task to build Wave.

brew install go-task

Once task is installed you can run this command to build and launch the development version of Wave. Note that the development database and settings are kept in a separate folder from the production version (~/.waveterm-dev) to prevent cross-corruption.

task electron:dev

Contributing

Wave uses Github Issues for issue tracking.

Find more information in our Contributions Guide, which includes:

• Ways to contribute
• Contribution guidelines

License

Wave Terminal is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License. For more information on our dependencies, see here.