# tw93/Kaku

🎃 A fast, out-of-the-box terminal built for AI coding.

Repository: https://github.com/tw93/Kaku
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kaku
Homepage: https://kaku.fun
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ai-coding, macos, rust, serial, terminal, terminal-app, terminal-emulator, vibe-coding
Last push: 2026-08-25T06:30:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 14
- inputs: {"age_days": 207, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 7, "n_releases_24m": 26}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5813, forks 293 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:29.937066+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: terminal-ui, developer-tools, chatbot, cli
- domain: developer-tools, large-language-models
- platform: rust
- tags: terminal-emulator, wezterm-fork, ai-coding, vibe-coding, zero-config, lua-config, gpu-accelerated, command-line, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- tw93/Kaku (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:29.937066+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:52:36.954205+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tw93/Kaku (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:29.937066+00:00, sha 235a6b28c1b8)
  - homepage: https://kaku.fun (fetched 2026-08-29T08:47:48.103642+00:00, sha 57f08ec8ef2b)
  - site_page: https://kaku.fun/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:47:48.112686+00:00, sha 02d431ddede2)
  - site_page: https://kaku.fun/docs/keybindings (fetched 2026-08-29T08:47:48.114525+00:00, sha eeef0289b20b)
  - site_page: https://kaku.fun/docs/features (fetched 2026-08-29T08:47:48.116149+00:00, sha 3ee2a7c3bf73)
  - site_page: https://kaku.fun/docs/configuration (fetched 2026-08-29T08:47:48.118143+00:00, sha 8728b0e4a277)
  - site_page: https://kaku.fun/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:47:48.120048+00:00, sha e02b13839f8f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.