wterm: A DOM-based Web Terminal Emulator Powered by Zig and WebAssembly
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m3h
2d ago· 1 min readen
70/100
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Summary
wterm is a web-based terminal emulator that renders directly to the DOM, providing native text selection, copy/paste, find functionality, and accessibility features. Its core is built in Zig and compiled to WebAssembly (WASM) for near-native performance. The tool can be used with just-bash, SSH, or local environments.
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· 2 pulledwterm ("dub-term") renders to the DOM — native text selection, copy/paste, find, and accessibility come for free.
The core is written in Zig and compiled to WASM for near-native performance.
A terminal emulator for the web. Renders to the DOM, powered by Zig/WASM.
