akermu/emacs-libvterm

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

emacs-libvterm is a fully-fledged terminal emulator inside GNU Emacs, built on the C library libvterm for fast, compatible handling of terminal applications. It outperforms Emacs's built-in term/ansi-term and supports interactive TUI programs that eshell and shell cannot run.

Use cases

• run a fast full-featured terminal inside emacs
• use interactive tui programs like htop and ncdu within emacs
• replace ansi-term with a more compatible terminal emulator
• handle large command output without emacs freezing
• get a gnome-terminal-like experience inside emacs

When to choose

• you live in emacs and want a capable terminal emulator with near-universal tui compatibility
• you need better performance than term/ansi-term for large outputs
• you run interactive command-line tools that eshell and shell cannot handle

When to avoid

• you are on windows, which is not supported
• your emacs build lacks dynamic module support
• you prefer deep emacs integration over terminal fidelity, where eshell or shell fit better

Facets

plugin · maturity active

terminal-ui cli developer-tools developer-tools text-editors editor-plugin cli emacs terminal-emulator libvterm emacs-lisp melpa command-line linux macos

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