Comparison
How Husk compares
Honest look at what exists and where Husk fits.
| Husk v0.1.0 | Warp v2025.04 | iTerm2 v3.5 | Alacritty v0.15 | Ghostty v1.3 | VS Code v1.99 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| No login required | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| No telemetry | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI process detection | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Session-aware colors | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Session persistence | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Split panes (built-in) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GPU-accelerated rendering | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Themes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cross-platform | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Bundled dev tools (via MCP) | Soon | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Command output blocks | Soon | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scrollback search | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Font ligatures | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clickable links | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plugin / extension system | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Tab drag-and-drop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Inline images | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Quake / dropdown mode | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| SSH integration | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |