Hyper

Hyper is an Electron-based terminal emulator built by Vercel that aims to create a beautiful and extensible command-line experience using open web standards. The terminal's primary focus is on speed, stability, and providing the right APIs for extension authors to build upon. Unlike traditional terminal emulators, Hyper leverages web technologies, making it highly customizable and allowing developers to extend its functionality using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

What sets Hyper apart is its extensibility through plugins and themes, with a growing ecosystem of community-created extensions. The terminal is cross-platform, running on macOS, Windows, and Linux, and offers a consistent experience across all operating systems. Built on modern web standards, Hyper provides a foundation that the community can build upon to create innovative additions for productivity.

Hyper is ideal for developers who want a highly customizable terminal experience and aren't concerned about the slightly higher resource usage that comes with Electron-based applications. It's particularly appealing to those who prefer modern, sleek interfaces and want to extend their terminal with custom plugins and themes. The project emphasizes community involvement and aims to become the simplest, most powerful, and well-tested interface for command-line productivity.

Installation

# via Homebrew
brew install --cask hyper

# via Official installer
Download from https://hyper.is/#installation

# via Chocolatey
choco install hyper