Show HN: FrankenTUI in the Browser

(frankentui.com)

11 points | by eigenvalue a day ago ago

9 comments

  • SPICLK2 a day ago

    What have you done with CTRL+SHIFT+T??

  • keepamovin a day ago

    Hold CRAP, that's cool! How does this only have 4 points before my upvote?

    How did you accomplish this?

  • haute_cuisine a day ago

    I mean, if you look visually it looks like it's working. Once I tried interacting with it, everything is broken in a subtle way. Website has the same vibe, it has nav bar, it does it's thing, but it's broken in many different ways (media breakpoints, animations, etc).

    I think companies who buy software by feature checklists would love this sort of products.

    • SPICLK2 a day ago

      On the other hand, I think this would solve Claude Code's current problems with their React-rendered terminal app.

      • haute_cuisine a day ago

        It'll be still broken as it'll be claude bugs + frankentui bugs.

    • eigenvalue 21 hours ago

      What’s the purpose of this nasty comment?

      • haute_cuisine 16 hours ago

        I love TUIs and spent some time exploring the project. I guess you posted it here to hear some feedback.

        The landing page compares it to xtermjs as superior version. What I find strange, for example, FrankenTUI has a code explorer tab, but it's impossible to select any text or interact with a scrollbar. The "hotspots" section in the codeview misinterprets mouse clicks, highlighting line that is different from a click.

        If it meant to be keyboard-first, I find focus management implementation unintuitive and shortcuts hard to discover.