wavetermdev/waveterm

Wave Terminal is an open-source terminal application for macOS, Linux, and Windows that integrates an AI assistant directly into your command-line workspace. A terminal is the text-based interface developers use to run programs, manage files, and connect to remote servers. Wave takes that familiar environment and adds a flexible, panel-based layout where terminal windows, a built-in file editor, a file previewer, a web browser pane, and an AI chat widget can all sit side by side and share context with each other. The AI assistant feature, called Wave AI, is context-aware: it can read what is currently on your terminal screen, help you debug errors, read and write files, and receive piped command output directly from the command line. It supports major AI providers (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Azure, Perplexity) using your own API keys, and also works with locally-run models through Ollama or LM Studio, so no account with a cloud provider is strictly required. One notable feature is durable SSH sessions: when you connect to a remote server over SSH, Wave keeps that session alive through network drops and application restarts, automatically reconnecting. There is also a companion command-line tool called wsh that lets you manage your Wave workspace, copy files between local and remote machines, and pipe output into the AI from any terminal. Wave is built in Go and is aimed at developers and system administrators who want a more modern, integrated terminal experience without switching entirely to a GUI tool. It installs as a native desktop application and requires macOS 11+, Windows 10+, or a reasonably modern Linux distribution.