Rio
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
2warn against
Feb 18, 2026first mention
Oct 27, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“rio instead of the X11 disaster”
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Caveats and dissent
“i tried ghostty, rio, wezterm, they all stuck for about a month or so... then the subtle usability issues become too much”
switched from iTerm2on “Ghostty 1.4”
“If we literally used rio GUIs designed around the three-button mouse and desktop pixel density, it would be a lot less ergonomic.”
Often compared with
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“a modern TypeScript HTTP client for Node.js 24+, Deno and Bun”
Threads where it came up
- ma 2 mentions
- Ghostty 1.4 1 mention
- A graphical desktop for the ZX Spectrum 1 mention
- 9front "This Was Supposed to Be Fun" Released 1 mention
- Revert "userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records 1 mention
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) 1 mention
Also written as rio. Data: rio.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 tried ghostty, rio, wezterm, they all stuck for about a month or so... then the subtle usability issues become too much”
“rio?”
“Rio and other window managers like Lola, multiplex it”
“rio instead of the X11 disaster”
“I use Rio, Acme, and occasionally Sam from plan9port”
“https://github.com/rdap/rio”
“If we literally used rio GUIs designed around the three-button mouse and desktop pixel density, it would be a lot less ergonomic.”