A free, modern terminal built with Rust and GPUI. Native Metal rendering at 60fps, zero telemetry, and seamless macOS integration — built exclusively for Apple Silicon Macs.
Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later · Apple Silicon
┌─ Session Tree ──────────────────────┐ │ 📁 Production │ │ ├─ 🖥 bastion.example.com │ │ │ └─ 🐳 web-01 (kubectl exec) │ │ └─ 🖥 db-primary.example.com │ │ 📁 Staging │ │ └─ 🖥 staging.example.com │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ $ ssh user@bastion.example.com Authenticating with public key... Connected • GPU rendering enabled • 60fps $ kubectl get pods -n production NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE api-gateway-6d4b8c 1/1 Running 0 2d worker-pool-7f9a3b 1/1 Running 0 2d
Native macOS experience from the ground up. No Electron, no bloat.
Built on Rust's GPUI framework, leveraging Metal for buttery-smooth 60fps rendering and zero input latency on macOS.
Credentials stored in macOS Keychain. Zero telemetry, zero cloud dependency, zero phoning home. Your data stays on your machine.
Extend with WASI or Lua plugins. Custom protocols, renderers, and notification integrations — unlimited possibilities.
Drag & drop upload/download. Built-in remote file manager with batch transfers, preview, and resumable operations.
Automatically detects nested SSH/kubectl sessions and visualizes parent-child relationships in the session tree.
Select multiple sessions and send commands to all of them simultaneously. Perfect for cluster-wide operations.
Built with industry-leading technology
Designed and optimized for the Mac. We believe in doing one thing really well.
Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later
Our development plans and progress, transparent.
Kikimora is completely free. Download now and join engineers who trust it for their daily SSH workflows on macOS.
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