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Show HN: A terminal glued to the macOS dock

31 points · 8 comments · leopalamim

Maphielbso · 1786012006 · focus · HN ↗
Original idea, I like it. Can you expand it vertically in order to show larger chunks of output if needed?
1. leopalamim · 1786023556 · focus · HN ↗
  i thought about it, but starboard is glued to the dock. I'm thinking of two alternatives: (1) make it expand as needed; (2) a button to open a terminal/ghostty window.
  what use case are you thinking for starboard? running agents?
2. leopalamim · 1786025680 · focus · HN ↗
  hey Maphielbso, now Cmd+E expands it to 100% height when you need to see larger chunks, and btw I started running my agents in starboard because of this... nice call. Cmd+E snaps it back to dock height
3. nottorp · 1786039817 · focus · HN ↗
  Isn’t it the quake console but desktop wide?
  Not that I dislike it.
  1. leopalamim · 1786040962 · focus · HN ↗
    it's a nice framing, it's the same family, but think of starboard as a quake console that's never dismissed and never steals focus, glued to the dock in a way that doesn't interfere with anything else, an now expands for longer processes (i.e. running agents) thanks to your feedbacks
toplinesoftsys · 1786051267 · focus · HN ↗
I love it. No need to deal with opening windows just for the sake of one or two commands.
j_aime · 1786051984 · focus · HN ↗
Nice! This is pretty inventive.
caiocmpaes · 1786057801 · focus · HN ↗
Nice idea!

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