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Wave Terminal vs Terax: catalog facts
Wave Terminal	Terax
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 Apache-2.0 licence; AI use needs your own key or a local…
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	Terminal, editor, Git and web preview in one pane Bring your own API key or run models locally via LM Studio
Electron-based, so heavier than a plain terminal emulator The block workspace is a different mental model from tabs and panes	Pre-1.0 software still at version 0.8 AI features need an API key or a local model setup
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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