I built a <10MB AI-Native Terminal using Rust πŸ¦€ (and you can run it 100% locally)

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NovaTerm

A Next-Generation, AI-Native Terminal Workspace

Built by Novitas WebWorks


⚑ Overview

NovaTerm is a high-performance, lightweight, and extensible AI-native terminal emulator designed for modern workflows. Built on top of Tauri v2 (Rust) and React 19, it brings together a fully functional native PTY backend with a blazingly fast WebGL renderer.

Instead of juggling multiple tools, NovaTerm unifies your workspace:

  • πŸ’» Native Terminal: High-performance rendering via xterm.js and Rust's portable-pty.
  • πŸ€– Agentic AI: A built-in AI side-panel that can read your project context, write files, and safely execute bash commands with your approval.
  • πŸ“ Code Editor: Built-in editor powered by CodeMirror, complete with syntax highlighting and multi-file editing.
  • πŸ“ File Explorer: Visual file management, Git graphs, and source control integration right next to your command line.

Weighing in at under 10MB on disk, it is lightweight, lightning-fast (300ms cold start), and deeply customizable.

✨ Features

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