# nitin42/terminal-in-react

👨‍💻  A component that renders a terminal

Repository: https://github.com/nitin42/terminal-in-react
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/terminal-in-react
Homepage: http://terminal-in-react.surge.sh/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: terminal, react, design, javascript, svg, webpack, webapp, css
Last push: 2023-08-03T09:14:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3344, "days_push": 1126, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2157, forks 151 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:19.769283+00:00)

## What it is
A React component that renders an interactive terminal in the browser, supporting custom commands, descriptions, and plugins. It is a small (8.63 KB gzipped) MIT-licensed JavaScript library for adding terminal-like interfaces to web apps.

## Use cases
- add a terminal emulator to a react app
- build a command console in the browser
- create custom shell-like commands in a web ui
- embed an interactive terminal component
- make a fake terminal for a portfolio site
- run user-defined commands from a web page

## When to choose
- you need a drop-in terminal UI inside a React application
- you want to define custom commands with simple JavaScript functions
- you need a lightweight terminal component with plugin support

## When to avoid
- you need a real shell or server-side terminal access
- your project uses a framework other than React
- you need actively developed features or frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, terminal-ui, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: react-component, terminal-emulator, custom-commands, plugins, command-line, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- nitin42/terminal-in-react (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:19.769283+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 2026-08-30T02:50:25.484698+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nitin42/terminal-in-react (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:19.769283+00:00, sha ea07639d0c00)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/terminal-in-react (fetched 2026-08-29T10:30:44.772584+00:00, sha c00925f4e9e0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.