# railsware/upterm

A terminal emulator for the 21st century.

Repository: https://github.com/railsware/upterm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/upterm
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: tty, terminal, terminal-emulators, console, pty, typescript, electron, react, terminals, shell
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-05-20T17:42:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4182, "days_push": 2662, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 19061, forks 608 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:27.387922+00:00)

## What it is
Upterm is a terminal emulator with an interactive shell built on Electron, TypeScript, and React, offering IDE-like features such as smart autocompletion as you type. The project is deprecated and no longer maintained, with the README recommending Hyper as an alternative.

## Use cases
- terminal with autocompletion as I type
- IDE-like terminal emulator for macOS
- shell that shows command descriptions and expanded aliases
- terminal that runs vim, emacs, and ssh normally
- modern terminal app built with Electron

## When to choose
- you want a terminal emulator with inline autocompletion and contextual hints
- you are on macOS or Linux and need a GUI terminal with IDE-like features
- you want to study or fork an Electron/TypeScript terminal implementation

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained terminal with bug fixes and security updates
- you need Windows support
- you want a lightweight terminal without Electron overhead

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: terminal-ui, gui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: terminal-emulator, interactive-shell, autocompletion, deprecated, electron-app, command-line, macos, linux, electron

## Member repositories
- railsware/upterm (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:27.387922+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 2026-08-29T17:00:37.094138+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/railsware/upterm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:27.387922+00:00, sha c1883a11dd23)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.