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Terminal · Vercel (repo vercel/hyper)

Hyper

Electron terminal built on web technologies (xterm.js) with tabs, split panes and a plugin system configured through .hyper.js. Extensions are npm packages. It runs your shell; no built-in SSH client is documented.

Official site

~/facts

platforms
macOSWindowsLinux
price
FreeFree (seen 2026-10-20); MIT licensed, no price on hyper.is
source
Open sourceLicence: MIT
github
vercel/hyper 44.7k stars, seen 2026-10-20

~/features

✓ documented · – absent or not in its feature list · ? not verified

+ strengths

  • Plugins and themes are npm packages hooking into the Electron app and the React/Redux renderer, with hot reload
  • Single JavaScript config file (.hyper.js) controls fonts, colors, keymaps, shell and arguments
  • Packages for macOS (Intel and Apple silicon), Windows x64, and Linux deb/rpm/AppImage on x64 and arm64

! weak points

  • Latest stable release listed on GitHub is v3.4.1 (date shown as 08 Jan, asset timestamps from 2023); only 4.0.0-canary pre-releases since
  • No built-in SSH, SFTP or serial client documented; it only offers a defaultSSHApp setting to register as SSH protocol handler
  • Windows download is 64-bit only, no arm64 build listed; repo has 945 open issues

~/who it is for

best for
Web developers who want a themeable, JavaScript-extensible local terminal.
look elsewhere if
Users who need a built-in SSH/SFTP session manager, serial or port-forwarding UI.

~/sources

Checked 2026-10-20. Prices and features change; the vendor's page is the authority.

Not verified