Zig Terminal

Open-source Zig projects categorized as Terminal

Top 9 Zig Terminal Projects

  1. hys

    Terminal RSS Reader for Digital Minimalists in Zig — Tool for Escaping the Doomscroll

    Project mention: Show HN: I built the fastest RSS reader in Zig | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-16
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  3. attyx

    Fast programmable GPU-accelerated terminal emulator built with Zig

    Project mention: GPU-accelerated terminal environment in Zig | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-06
  4. roguelike

    A stealth roguelike in development phase.

  5. notcurses-zig-example

    Demo showing how to use Notcurses library for building terminal UIs with Zig

  6. zt

    ⚡zt — the fastest terminal emulator. 88 MB/s throughput. 5.5ms startup. 2MB memory. Pure Zig.

  7. architect

    A flexible terminal grid for multi-agent AI workflows (by forketyfork)

    Project mention: Show HN: Architect: A terminal for running multiple AI coding agents | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-21
  8. xtxf

    Two-dimensional matrix

  9. boo

    A GNU screen style terminal multiplexer built on libghostty. (by coder)

    Project mention: Show HN: Boo – screen-style terminal multiplexer built on libghostty | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-11
  10. ytcli

    Youtube music from the terminal, no auth. (by zblauser)

    Project mention: Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-08
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Terminal projects in Zig? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 hys 264
2 attyx 208
3 roguelike 141
4 notcurses-zig-example 64
5 zt 43
6 architect 39
7 xtxf 18
8 boo 3
9 ytcli 2

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