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Terminal UIs
On TutorHero's Everything Index, Terminal UIs is accelerating on GitHub: 1.69 of every 10,000 new public repos over the last three months (1.6k a month), 4x vs a year ago. The 12-month forecast says rising (+60%). By the end of 2032, lines in the same state ended between 0.01x and 2.5x of where they started (median 0.54x).
Since 2019, and the range to 2032
New repos per 10,000 (3-month average, log scale)12-month forecastRange to 2032: middle half and 90% of past similar linesJev's 2032 call
The range is not a forecast of this line: it is what GitHub lines in the same state (more than doubled its share of new repos in a year) did 1 to 5 years later, 2019 to 2026, applied to today's level. Past 5 years it is stretched, not measured. Checked out of time (learned before 2022, scored after), 71% of outcomes landed inside the 90% range, so read it as wide. Open it in the Everything chart.
Week by week
New public repos with the tui tag each week (Monday to Sunday, UTC). The outlined bars, last week included, are still filling in, as tags are often added days after a repo is created, so their height will grow a little. "Against the field" divides the change by what the typical tag did, so a wave that lifts every tag does not count. Hover for the numbers.
Built vs talked about
Each line is its own share (of all new GitHub repos, all Hacker News stories, all English Wikipedia views, all new stars on the repos we track), shown as a share of its own peak, so the timing and shape compare even though the units differ. Hover for the counts. Tap a name to hide or show a line.
What it means
- Worth learning now: Terminal UIs is accelerating, 4x share of new GitHub repos vs a year ago.
- Start by reading herdrdev/herdr (+7.8k stars in 3 months) and can1357/oh-my-pi (+5.4k stars in 3 months).
- People to follow: Charm, Anomaly, Model Context Protocol.
- Jev for someone who wants to contribute or get hired: Commit this year (3.3 of 4).
- Builders and attention both rising: new repos 4x, attention +141% in a year.
- 8.10 new stars per new repo over 3 months, vs 8.50 for the typical trend: about average demand per project.
- The 12-month forecast for its share: +60% (Rising).
- Talked about more than built: Hacker News +129% vs new repos 4x in a year, more talk per builder than the typical trend, so demand for builders may run ahead of supply.
- Jev for a builder: Commit this year (3.0 of 4).
- History: of past GitHub lines that more than doubled its share of new repos in a year, 61% had a smaller share 3 to 5 years later and 8% at least doubled.
- Jev's 2032 call: top quarter of similar lines (unsure), which on the base rates means about 1.84x today's share by the end of 2032.
- Attention: 2.87% of new stars on the repos we track, +141% in a year.
- Hacker News: 29 stories a month, +129% share in a year.
- Jev for an investor: Commit this year (3.1 of 4).
- Not investment advice: this measures what people build on GitHub, not any company.
- Most-starred tools here lately: herdrdev/herdr (vouched), can1357/oh-my-pi (vouched).
- The field is accelerating, so expect new tools and fast changes; pin versions.
- Jev for a developer picking tools: Commit this year (2.8 of 4).
Repos carrying it now
People building it
CharmBuilding glamorous command line tools and TUI frameworks.Influence 81
AnomalyFor whatever you build.Influence 97
Model Context ProtocolAn open protocol integrating LLM apps with external data and tools.Influence 87
Georgi GerganovAcoustic keyboard eavesdropping and data-over-sound libraries.Influence 77
SamAI Engineer, Platform Engineer, Music Geek || @[email protected] || 📝 Words are my own or somebody else's 🖖Influence 50
Orhun ParmaksızTerminal Chef @ratatui | Rust Developer Advocate @JetBrains |
Maintainer @archlinux btw Influence 79
Tommy D. RossiremorsesInfluence 68
Shadcn LabsPushing the limits of shadcn/ui ecosystem.Influence 14More in Developer tools
Questions
Is Terminal UIs growing on GitHub?
Yes. Its share of all new public GitHub repos is 4x vs a year ago and +22% over the last three months (Sep 2026). Phase: Accelerating.
How many new Terminal UIs repos are created each month?
About 1.6k new public repos a month carry the tui tag (three-month average to Sep 2026), or 1.69 of every 10,000 new repos.
What will Terminal UIs look like in 2032?
Nobody knows, and we say how much. Of past GitHub lines that more than doubled its share of new repos in a year, the middle half had between 0.14x and 1.27x of their share 3 to 5 years later, and 61% ended smaller. Jev's call: Top quarter of similar lines.
Is Terminal UIs more talked about than built?
Talked about more than built. Over the year its share of Hacker News stories moved +129% while its share of new GitHub repos moved 4x. New repos grew faster than talk for most AI trends this year, so the label compares it with the typical trend: 1.9 times the talk per builder of the median trend.
Not investment advice. Measurements of what people build and star on GitHub, a statistical forecast, base rates and a model's reading of them. Nothing here is about any company's revenue, valuation or stock.