YAET is a terminal that can display web pages.
YAET is a terminal emulator built on Xterm.js and Electron. It can interpret escape sequences that allow shell scripts and other programs to write HTML content directly to the terminal, or display content from the web.
This application is experimental and you should only use it with scripts and programs that you trust. While the security mechanisms in Chromium will prevent the iframe from doing anything crazy of its own accord, it's important to be mindful of click-jacking, tracking the client, and any vulnerabilities that might be discovered in the future.
- See Security.md for more information.
- See PostMessageAPI.md to see what/when communication is allowed to/from iframes.
You will need to run npm install. You may also need to run electron-rebuild
within src/application.
npm install
cd src/application
npx electron-rebuild -f -w node-pty
cd -
You will need to run rollup inside src/terminal.
cd src/terminal
rollup -c rollup.config.js --watch
After following the steps above, running npm start
inside src/application should launch YAET.
cd src/application
npm run start
- DomTerm can also render HTML via an escape sequence. This terminal emulator is more mature than YAET, so if you're looking for a daily driver this might be a better choice.