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9dev • today at 7:57 AM • 4 replies • view on HN

I suspect Ghostty is to Rex what Chromium is to Google Chrome (without all the negative connotations that is, I’m a happy Rex user!): both something of a tech demo for libghostty, and an open source, basic-but-fully-featured terminal emulator. Rex, then, will possibly be a paid product at some point, and adds features like the server, agent integration, and persistent session management on top. If you had asked me two years ago if I was ready to pay for my terminal and quit my jetbrains subscription, I’d have laughed. Now I’m earnestly ready for that if Superlogical were to announce a paid plan.


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cpuguy83 • today at 3:21 PM

I'm pretty sure he said Rex will remain free.

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goosejuice • today at 2:55 PM

> Rex is and will always be free.

jazzypants • today at 2:24 PM

Why on Earth would folks pay for that? I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I genuinely don't understand the value proposition.

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dash-44 • today at 10:46 AM

Incredible that we’re now at the point of needing to say “without all the negative connotations” when comparing against any sort Google product. LOL. I see this often.