Wterm – Terminal Emulator for the Web

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Wterm is a terminal emulator for the web, built in Zig and compiled to WASM for near-native performance, with native text selection, copy/paste, find, and accessibility.

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# wterm | Terminal Emulator for the Web Source: [https://wterm.dev/](https://wterm.dev/) wterm\("dub\-term"\)renders to the DOM — native text selection, copy/paste, find, and accessibility come for free\. The core is written in Zig and compiled to WASM for near\-native performance\. wterm\("dub\-term"\)renders to the DOM — native text selection, copy/paste, find, and accessibility come for free\. The core is written in Zig and compiled to WASM for near\-native performance\. Example uses[just\-bash](https://github.com/vercel-labs/just-bash)\. See also:[SSH](https://github.com/vercel-labs/wterm/tree/main/examples/ssh),[local](https://github.com/vercel-labs/wterm/tree/main/examples/local)\.

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