pico.sh
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“I used pico or nano as my everyday unix coding editor for something like fifteen years”
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“Nice! The entire https://pico.sh constellation of services are built off rss”
“prose.sh is fully open source as well”
Caveats and dissent
“Who's to say this fancy new PICO thing doesn't produce different pixels in a year when the algorithm improves”
Often compared with
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“as part of the pico.sh [2] membership ($2/mo)”
“I run a set of ssh-based services over at https://pico.sh and love seeing all the indie web content on HN!”
“It's great for us because each sub is a year”
TUIs reclaimed popularity long before Claude Code existed. Just look at the Charm ecosystem https://charm.land
“Over at https://pico.sh we are chugging along and having a blast.”
Threads where it came up
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- I ♥ RSS – A directory of people who love RSS 1 mention
Also written as pico, PICO. Data: pico-sh.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“I used pico or nano as my everyday unix coding editor for something like fifteen years”
“another one: https://pico.sh”
“Nice! The entire https://pico.sh constellation of services are built off rss”
“Who's to say this fancy new PICO thing doesn't produce different pixels in a year when the algorithm improves”
“feel like fresh air”
“prose.sh is fully open source as well”
“I just want to say that I love pico.sh <3”