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Tabby: A terminal for a more modern age (github.com)
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[-] krash@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Tabby seems to get a lot of hate in the comments here, but I enjoy it for the following reasons:

  • it looks consistently on all platforms
  • it has a nice working sync of connection profiles (even of ssh keys...encrypted!)
  • its opensource

Yes, it is built on electron-crappie, but for someone who jumps across different workstations with multiple hosts with their own configurations, tabby is very straightforward.

Could the sync be done with other means? Sure, but I won't bother since tabby offers that OOTB and I can get up and running in 5 minutes from a fresh install.

[-] 418teapot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

it has a nice working sync of connection profiles (even of ssh keys…encrypted!)

Sorry, but what on earth does this have to do with a terminal emulator? Something like this makes way more sense as a separate tool. It's like if I was making a decision of what video player to use because it can sync my browser bookmarks.

[-] Esin@lemmy.film 1 points 1 year ago

No way, a TNO reference

[-] heartlessevil@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

more evidence that "modern" just means "written in javascript"

[-] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 1 points 1 year ago

I really hate this trend of making absolutely everything a web view / Electron.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What? No thank you.

[-] bored_boar_onboard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Also, over 1400 open issues feels like a lot.

[-] colonial@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sheesh, I thought it looked nice, but I think I'll just stick to gnome-terminal.

[-] addie@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah; if Gnome terminal had slightly better tab configuration it would be all the terminal I'd ever need, I think. Using it as an IDE (couple of Vim / YouCompleteMe tabs, a build tab, a unit test tab) is a bit of a finger twister to flip between.

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Lol for the longest time I thought gnome shell terminal was the same as gnome terminal

[-] Fryboyter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Issues on Github consist not only of bug reports, for example, but also of feature requests. If, for example, you only display issues with the label "Enhancement" at https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby, there are already over 300 of them. In addition, I have made the experience that often reported issues arise from Layer 8 problems. And that some issues, unfortunately, are not closed when they are outdated. Generally speaking and not related to this terminal emulator.

By the way, according to https://github.com/vim/vim/issues, the editor vim has over 1,300 issues. Also in this case, not all of them are actual problems that need to be fixed.

[-] simple@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Tabby looks very good and straightforward but I'm more of a Nushell guy. Really love the user experience there.

[-] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Electron

Oh fuck off!

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Who thought THAT was a good idea?

You use the terminal to escape the bloat of Electron in modern GUI applications

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

But it's modern! That means it can be wasteful and no one cares.

[-] noisypine@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

Why yes, please add a ton of unnecessary weight and bugs to my terminal.

[-] Makussu@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Why would anybody use this over wezterm or alacritty?

[-] Fryboyter@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago

Why should I use wezterm or alacritty and not Terminator?

The answer to your question and mine should be pretty much the same. Because everyone has different preferences and requirements.

[-] Makussu@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I think you misunderstood. I want to know what requirements you have, that are not met with wezterm. I understand, that some people like different software, but this is a huge github repo for a terminal written with electron. Just confuses me

[-] joyjoy@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use this simply because I work in an offline environment and the Windows Terminal doesn't work there.

Edit: I haven't tried it since microsoft/terminal#6010 got closed. I'll have to try again soon.

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