tw93/Kaku
An AI-friendly Mac terminal with sensible defaults, ready out of the box. observed · 2026-10-21
Health v2 · maintenance only
84/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 100
- Longevity 18
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 7
- age_days: 255
- days_rel: 0
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 34
Adoption not part of the score
6132 stars · 317 forks observed · 2026-10-21
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Kaku is a fast, macOS-native terminal emulator forked from WezTerm, built for AI-assisted coding with zero-config defaults, tabs/panes, and a built-in AI assistant. It keeps full WezTerm Lua config compatibility while adding error-recovery suggestions, natural-language command generation, and a curated shell tool suite.
Use cases
- terminal with built-in AI assistant for fixing failed commands
- zero-config macOS terminal for AI coding
- turn plain English sentences into shell commands
- WezTerm alternative with opinionated defaults and Lua config
- fast lightweight GPU-accelerated terminal emulator for Mac
- terminal with built-in Lazygit and Yazi integration
- AI chat panel with terminal context in the shell
When to choose
- you want a polished, out-of-the-box macOS terminal tuned for AI-assisted coding
- you already use WezTerm and want faster startup, smaller binary, and sensible defaults without losing Lua config
- you want inline AI error recovery and natural-language command generation without an account or cloud relay
- you want bundled shell tools like Lazygit, Yazi, z, and syntax highlighting pre-wired
When to avoid
- you need Windows or Linux support - Kaku is macOS only
- you want a fully neutral terminal with no AI features or opinions baked in
- you need a terminal backed by a company with enterprise support
- you prefer configuring everything yourself from scratch
Facets
application · maturity active
terminal-ui developer-tools chatbot cli developer-tools large-language-models rust terminal-emulator wezterm-fork ai-coding vibe-coding zero-config lua-config gpu-accelerated command-line macos desktop
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/tw93/Kaku · fetched 2026-10-21 · 235a6b28c1b8
- homepage: https://kaku.fun · fetched 2026-08-29 · 57f08ec8ef2b
- site_page: https://kaku.fun/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 02d431ddede2
- site_page: https://kaku.fun/docs/keybindings · fetched 2026-08-29 · eeef0289b20b
- site_page: https://kaku.fun/docs/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3ee2a7c3bf73
- site_page: https://kaku.fun/docs/configuration · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8728b0e4a277
- site_page: https://kaku.fun/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · e02b13839f8f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tw93/Kaku | main | 84 |
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