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Wave Terminal vs Hyper: catalog facts
Wave Terminal	Hyper
Free Free and open source under Apache 2.0, with no account required. AI features use your own…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
SSH sessions survive network interruptions and Wave restarts, reconnecting on their own Edit remote files in a real graphical editor without leaving the terminal	Themes are CSS and plugins are npm packages, so customisation is familiar territory The same appearance and configuration across Windows, macOS and Linux
Electron-based, so heavier than a plain terminal emulator The block workspace is a different mental model from tabs and panes	Electron, so startup time and memory use are well above a native terminal Rendering performance on heavy output is noticeably worse than native terminals
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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