Viper Window Manager (VWM) is a lightweight, extensible window manager for the console. Originally, VWM was designed to be the reference implementation of libviper. In fact, the two projects were initially one before public release.

From conception, VWM was designed to be both lightweight and ssh friendly. Character based line-art compresses very well as do the escape sequences which handle cursor manipulation. This makes VWM quite suitable for low-bandwidth, remote connectivity over ssh.

It is also very easy to extend the functionality of VWM. By following a few simple API rules, anyone can create a “native application” which will appear on the VWM Main Menu. The mechanism for this is very similar to Mozilla-style plugins.

Console Emulator

Cmder is a software package created out of pure frustration over the absence of nice console emulators on Windows. It is based on amazing software, and spiced up with the Monokai color scheme and a custom prompt layout, looking sexy from the start.

By utilizing a simple and minimal usage syntax, that requires a flat learning curve, taskbook enables you to effectively manage your tasks and notes across multiple boards from within your terminal. All data are written atomically to the storage in order to prevent corruptions, and are never shared with anyone or anything. Deleted items are automatically archived and can be inspected or restored at any moment.

A fully-modern text-based browser, rendering to TTY and browsers https://www.brow.sh

Great breakdown of interacting with child processes in Node.js...I smell a library brewing. #nodejs #javascript

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Set of 12 principles for building CLI apps