[HN Gopher] Show HN: Gridland: make terminal apps that also run ...
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       Show HN: Gridland: make terminal apps that also run in the browser
        
       Hi everyone,  Gridland is a runtime + ShadCN UI registry that makes
       it possible to build terminal apps that run in the browser as well
       as the native terminal. This is useful for demoing TUIs so that
       users know what they're getting before they are invested enough to
       install them. And, tbh, it's also just super fun!  Gridland is the
       successor to Ink Web (ink-web.dev) which is the same concept, but
       using Ink + xterm.js. After building Ink Web, we continued
       experimenting and found that using OpenTUI and a canvas renderer
       performed better with less flickering and nearly instant load
       times.  We're excited to continue iterating on this. I expect a lot
       of criticism from the "why does this need to exist" angle, and tbh,
       it probably doesn't - it's really mostly just for fun, but we still
       think the demo use case mentioned previously has potential.  -
       Chris + Jess
        
       Author : rothific
       Score  : 54 points
       Date   : 2026-03-24 16:57 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.gridland.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.gridland.io)
        
       | kamens wrote:
       | I love this. It needs to exist because it's fun.
        
         | rothific wrote:
         | Thank you! I'm glad you think so. It's all about fun.
        
       | theturtletalks wrote:
       | Can I replace xterm.js with this?
        
         | rothific wrote:
         | Yes (if you're also down to use React)
        
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