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ttfx is a dependency-free Rust command-line tool that applies terminal text animations to piped input and distributes them as a single static binary. It is a parity-exact port of the Python TerminalTextEffects project, preserving its effects, animation engine, command-line interface, cursor behavior, options, and implementation quirks rather than introducing new artwork. Users select effects such as decrypt, beams, matrix, or a random effect with commands such as `cat banner.txt | ttfx beams`; the project documents 37 effects and byte-identical output to the Python original for the same input and seed. The port and original are MIT licensed.

terminal-code is a command-line tool that runs the VS Code interface inside a terminal. It combines terminal-browser, a browser rendered in the terminal, with code-server, which provides VS Code in a browser; the terminal renderer uses the Kitty graphics protocol to draw the interface. The `tode` command opens folders or files, supports workspace, split-pane, diff, extension, theme, source-control review, and timing options, can serve or shut down code-server, and supports importing settings from compatible editors. Its SSH mode keeps the VS Code frontend local while running the backend remotely, proxying network requests over SSH. It can manage code-server installations and upgrades. It is distributed for macOS and Linux through an installation script; Windows is supported only through a compatible terminal and Linux under WSL, without an official Windows build.

tmux is an open-source terminal multiplexer that creates, accesses, and controls multiple terminals from a single screen. A session can be detached while its terminals continue running in the background, then reattached later, allowing terminal-based processes such as coding agents to survive disconnection. It runs on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, macOS, and Solaris, and is built from source with dependencies including libevent and ncurses.

herdr is a terminal multiplexer and persistent runtime for coding agents, developed as a Rust binary. It runs a background server that keeps agent terminals and sessions available across terminal disconnections, SSH reconnections, network loss, lid closure, and machine restarts; users can reattach from another terminal and use tmux-style keyboard controls or mouse interactions to split, move, and manage panes. Each pane is marked working, blocked, or idle, and agents can control herdr through its CLI and socket API to spawn panes, prompt other agents, and wait for an agent that is blocked. It hosts existing tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, and Grok without wrapping or replacing them, and supports plugins for extending panes and workflows. The project provides installation scripts and package-manager installation, documents remote use and session state, and is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.