Trinidad Head
A terminal written from scratch in Rust for Windows and Mac: glass windows with a neon glow, a different color for every open window, and your own prompts easy to spot when you scroll back.
See it for yourself.
A terminal built as a platform, not just an app
Trinidad Head is a headland on the Northern California coast, tied to the mainland by a strip of sand. The terminal is named for it because it's meant to connect things the same way: Windows and Linux in one window, and people and AI agents working on the same live sessions.
It isn't a copy of an existing terminal. The part that turns a shell's output into a screen, the Windows console host, and the renderer are all our own code. There's no Electron and no borrowed terminal engine. Each piece is a separate module, so other tools can build on it.
What it does today
Its own terminal engine
Colors up to 16 million, cursor control, scroll regions, wide characters, full-screen apps and window titles, all in a portable Rust module with no UI or OS code.
Native on both systems
On Windows it runs PowerShell through the console host and draws with Direct2D. On the Mac it runs your login shell and draws with Apple's own graphics and text system.
A color for every window
Eight glow colors. Each new window picks one no other open window is using, so you can tell your terminals apart at a glance.
Glass on Windows and Mac
A dark glass window with a rippled edge, a neon rim and red, yellow and green buttons, drawn the same way on Windows 11 and macOS.
Out of Claude credits? Keep going
A reminder sits at the bottom of every Claude window. Type exit, then keep going, and the same conversation carries on with a free or local model. Pairs with Claude Code Local.
Typing-delay meter
The title bar shows how long each keystroke takes to reach the screen, so speed gets measured instead of claimed.
What's next
Sessions that survive
A background service owns every shell, so closing the window or a crash doesn't lose your work, and a phone or web page can attach to the same session.
Linux and Windows together
A Linux shell (through WSL) and a Windows shell side by side, with shared file paths, clipboard and history.
Built for AI agents
Every command is saved as a searchable record. Agents get their own tabs, risky commands can wait for your approval, and everything agents type is logged.
Accessible, then everywhere
Screen-reader support, plugins, and a signed installer for Windows and Mac.
Is this for you?
- Anyone running AI models on their own computer, especially with Claude Code Local: each model gets its own color, and your prompts are easy to find
- Windows users who want a terminal that looks and feels like the Mac's
- People who switch between Windows and Linux all day
- Builders running AI coding agents who want to see and steer what the agents are doing
Try Trinidad Head
The source is on GitHub, with build steps for Windows and Mac. It's young and changing fast, and there's no signed installer yet.