vtebench
cool-retro-term
vtebench | cool-retro-term | |
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5 | 156 | |
284 | 21,380 | |
0.0% | - | |
0.0 | 0.0 | |
over 1 year ago | 9 months ago | |
Rust | QML | |
Apache License 2.0 | - |
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vtebench
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Just How Much Faster Are the Gnome 46 Terminals?
https://github.com/alacritty/vtebench/tree/master
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Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal for the modern age
Hey - that's a good point. The thing about terminal benchmarks is that there are many of them, each focusing on a different aspect and producing different results. There's one by alacritty team[1] that we used in our initial tests[2], there's another ones mentioned in the comments above etc. When using vtbench, Warp performed much better than iterm, for example.
Ideally we'd ace all of them, but we're not there yet. Anecdotally, many of our users mention speed/performance improvements over other terminal apps a lot in our Discord!
[1] https://github.com/alacritty/vtebench
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How Warp Works
The diagram below shows the output of vtebench for scrolling in various terminals. For some reason Hyper generally could not handle running the benchmarks at all and did not terminate after a reasonable amount of time.
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Top 3 GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulators
It's not easy to measure the performance of terminal apps. But I definitely notice a difference compared to let's say iTerm2, especially when scrolling through large files in Vim. Alacritty claims that it's faster than the competition using vtebench as a benchmarking tool. Kitty claims that the CPU usage is slightly increased compared to xterm (6-8% compared to 5-7%), but that scrolling is smoother.
- Alacritty vs Kitty
cool-retro-term
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Show HN: C port of the (non-super) Star Trek game, incl. WASM for browser/phone
https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
This is the best way to play short of hooking up your needle printer as a faux teletype terminal.
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Simulating Non-CRT Monitors with FFmpeg: Flat Panel Displays (2021)
Very related: Cool-Retro-Term (CRT) - a terminal that makes it look retro ;)
https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
- what terminal emulator do you use and why?
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I just like writing old code
You're covered: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
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Cathode-Retro: A collection of shaders to emulate the display of an NTSC signal
Seems like a good spot to mention https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
Cool Retro Terminal is a nice accessory for when doing recording or screenshots - cause it looks cool. Can't use it as my daily driver tho.
And enough settings in there you can make it look like your favourite old one.
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Does anyone know of a similar Windows equivalent to the now defunct Mac/iOS app "Cathode" ?
I'd guess most things you can get now are just regular command prompt style windows with a "retro" look (colour scheme). Oooh, you can change the text to green and maybe add a scan line effect. I am looking for a full experience like the Secret Geometry programs! The only similar-ish one I have found is Cool Retro Term, but that is for Linux and Mac only it seems :/
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Usability of Old Computers
not directly related, but I've been thinking about getting an old CRT monitor, launch https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term and start working
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Show HN: Amber – A Terminal Theme Inspired by Amber Phosphors Monitors
This puts me in mind of Cool Retro Term. Lots of built in schemes.
https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
Usually packaged by your distro.
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No-more-secrets: recreate the decryption effect seen in the 1992 movie Sneakers
This together with cool-retro-term[1] is an absolute must on my machines for real hacker hours.
[1] https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
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Cool Retro Terminal
I've enjoyed using this. I don't run it for long but I do run it sometimes for the sake of nostalgia. When I do run it, I run it in full screen for the complete experience. However, to balance practicality with nostalgia, I run a tmux session with the cool-retro-term, so that once I get tired of it, I can quickly switch back to my regular terminal without losing my terminal session.
The effects are configurable. I disable the settings named Burin, Glow Line, and RGB Shift to get crisper and less distracting experience. The RGB Shift setting is disabled for most built-in profiles anyway but enabled for some profiles like Vintage and IBM Dos. The Vintage profile is quite amusing. Everything is cranked way up. The blurry text and the incessant flickering of the screen create an unsettling impression that the monitor might break down any moment.
By the way, if you didn't notice it the app is named cool-retro-term and it abbreviates to CRT. The app icon[1] is also a CRT followed by the cursor. Guess what else abbreviates to CRT? Yes, "cathode-ray tube" of the cathode-ray tube (CRT) computer monitors
[1]: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term/blob/f157648d...
What are some alternatives?
vte - Parser for virtual terminal emulators
windows-terminal-shaders - A small collection of terminal shaders
Warp - Warp is a modern, Rust-based terminal with AI built in so you and your team can build great software, faster.
Cozette - A bitmap programming font optimized for coziness 💜
glassbench - A micro-benchmark framework to use with cargo bench
sddm-lain-wired-theme - A sddm theme inspired by Serial experiments lain.
warp - Secure and simple terminal sharing
alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. [Moved to: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty]
benchmark-scratchpad - A quick scratchpad for benchmarking Rust code
nord - An arctic, north-bluish color palette.
upterm - A terminal emulator for the 21st century.
alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.