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p-e-w/finalterm

At last – a modern terminal emulator (NO LONGER MAINTAINED) observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/p-e-w/finalterm · homepage · Vala · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4887
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 4017
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3813 stars · 179 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Final Term is a modern terminal emulator for Linux written in Vala on GTK+ 3 and Clutter. It understands shell semantics to offer features like semantic text menus, smart command completion, and GUI terminal controls.

Use cases

  • terminal emulator with smart command completion
  • terminal with semantic menus for shell commands
  • GUI controls inside a terminal emulator
  • modern Linux terminal replacement

When to choose

  • you want a terminal emulator that understands shell context and offers menus and completion
  • you are studying terminal emulator design or shell integration techniques

When to avoid

  • you need a maintained terminal emulator - the project was officially discontinued in 2015
  • you need macOS or Windows support
  • you need a terminal that builds against modern GTK and dependency versions

Facets

application · maturity abandoned

terminal-ui gui developer-tools desktop-applications terminal-emulator gtk vala shell-integration discontinued command-line linux desktop

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
p-e-w/finaltermmain10

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="p-e-w/finalterm")

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