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What is this?
A terminal emulator that mimics the look and feel of old cathode tube screens — a retro-styled terminal designed to be eye-candy, customizable, and reasonably lightweight.
A terminal emulator that mimics the look and feel of old cathode tube screens — a retro-styled terminal designed to be eye-candy, customizable, and reasonably lightweight.So it's a real terminal I can actually work in, not just a retro screensaver?It's a fully working emulator: under the retro styling sits the QML port of qtermwidget (Konsole), so you get a real shell session — the CRT look is purely cosmetic.
It's a fully working emulator: under the retro styling sits the QML port of qtermwidget (Konsole), so you get a real shell session — the CRT look is purely cosmetic.How do I get it running?Grab the latest AppImage (Linux) or dmg (macOS) from the GitHub Releases page, or install it from the official repositories of distros like Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch.
Grab the latest AppImage (Linux) or dmg (macOS) from the GitHub Releases page, or install it from the official repositories of distros like Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch.Do I need to install Qt or anything else first?The app itself requires Qt6, but the prebuilt AppImage and dmg downloads mean most users can just download and run — only building from source needs a Qt toolchain.
The app itself requires Qt6, but the prebuilt AppImage and dmg downloads mean most users can just download and run — only building from source needs a Qt toolchain.Does it run on Windows too?No — the README lists only Linux and macOS as supported platforms; Windows is not mentioned.
No — the README lists only Linux and macOS as supported platforms; Windows is not mentioned.Can I tweak the retro look, or is it fixed?It's customizable: colors, fonts, and effects are all reachable from the context menu, so you can dial the CRT styling up or down.
It's customizable: colors, fonts, and effects are all reachable from the context menu, so you can dial the CRT styling up or down.Will the CRT effects slow my machine down?Unlikely — the author designed it to be eye-candy but also reasonably lightweight, so the effects are meant to come at little performance cost.
Unlikely — the author designed it to be eye-candy but also reasonably lightweight, so the effects are meant to come at little performance cost.Which retro looks does it ship with?The README's screenshots show presets like Default Amber, Default Green, and an IBM DOS-style prompt — classic phosphor and DOS aesthetics.
The README's screenshots show presets like Default Amber, Default Green, and an IBM DOS-style prompt — classic phosphor and DOS aesthetics.Which topics is it in?qml, terminal-emulators, retro, appimage, qt, lightweight, graphics, customization, gui, desktop-app, terminal, cross-platform
qml, terminal-emulators, retro, appimage, qt, lightweight, graphics, customization, gui, desktop-app, terminal, cross-platform