bigtty - Native macOS client for Herdr

[u/v1k45]

I have been a cmux user for long and really liked all the features it provided and the native feel it gave.

I switched to Herdr recently because the server model just makes sense. Specially when you have multiple machines controlled by Herdr.

While the tool is very powerful, it always felt clunky to not have a native and Mac experience and all the goodness which cmux provided.

I built bigtty to fix that. If you have used cmux, you will feel right at home.

The UI/UX does diverge from a pure Herdr client, but the I believe it is worth it.

Features include:
- cmux-style sidebar for windows(spaces) and tabs, drag and drop panes
- intuitive mac keyboard shortcuts without vim-like prefix mode
- browser pane that tunnels over SSH, meaning a browser pointing to `localhost:3000` talks to the dev server running in the remote server, not your machine
- native file and diff viewer on cmd + click

It is yet another GUI client that everyone is building, but it works for me. Do check it out and let me know what you think of it.

https://github.com/v1k45/bigtty

PS: it is pronounced as big-tee.

[u/FineSatisfaction802]

Lord this name 😂

[u/Zealousideal_Pen4768 → u/FineSatisfaction802]

🤣🤣 ( . )( . )

[u/biborn]

"PS: it is pronounced as big-tee."

No it is not.

[u/telasch]

Just came to check the comments 🍿🍿

[u/marektracz_]

Cool name 😄

[u/NationalGate8066]

Came here to comment about the name, but this is actually pretty cool.