Warp
A modern terminal emulator with built-in AI agent and command-editing features.
Liked for good out-of-the-box defaults, fast rendering and editor-like command editing123, and some use it daily for devops and sysadmin work.45 The most common complaint is that its pivot toward AI agents crowded out the core terminal6789, with former users citing unrequested UI changes, bugs and slowdowns.10111213
Why people recommend it
Sane defaults · 2
Works well out of the box with good autocomplete and little shell configuration needed.
“It's been my go-to terminal emulator for a few years”
“I love warp's usability, but I don't find its integrated ai that useful.”
Daily driver · 3
Several commenters use it every day, especially for devops and sysadmin tasks.
“I use it every day for terminal stuff”
“I use ZSH in Warp daily and never had this problem with ls.”
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“It's been my go-to terminal emulator for a few years”
AI assistance · 3
Some find its AI useful for writing long commands or fixing configs.
“I pointed Warp at my emacs config, said my problems, and said "fix plz," and it did.”
“i use claude or gemini in Cursor or Warp”
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“I love warp's usability, but I don't find its integrated ai that useful.”
Text editing · 1
Its command-line text editing is described as really nice.
“it’s gotten so slow and weird, that I can’t stand it anymore”
Optional AI · 1
Users note the AI features can be turned off.
“I use warp if you don’t like the AI stuff you can turn it off.”
Caveats and dissent
AI bloat · 3
Commenters say AI features increasingly took over the terminal and its interface.
“they started cramming more and more AI in everywhere, took over half the input area and you could just see there was no coming back.”
“Was interested to try until I saw it was no longer a terminal and is now a coding agent?”
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“the actual terminal features became more and more buggy and I ended up having to go back to WezTerm.”
Unrequested UI changes · 2
Long-time users left after UI and behavior changed without opt-in, breaking workflows.
“Then one day, I opened it up to find the command bar was replaced with a natural language prompt.”
“Then a couple months ago they completely changed the UI. It doesn’t work as it once did.”
Bugs and slowness · 2
Some report the terminal became slow and buggy over time.
“it’s gotten so slow and weird, that I can’t stand it anymore”
“the actual terminal features became more and more buggy and I ended up having to go back to WezTerm.”
Subscription push · 2
Prompts to subscribe and agent lock-in put some users off.
“the second my own _terminal_ tried to get me to subscribe to a monthly plan I uninstalled that shit so fast.”
Agent misfires · 1
Agent prediction sometimes falsely auto-switches modes.
“I use ZSH in Warp daily and never had this problem with ls.”
Often compared with
2 moved from Warp to Ghostty
1 moved from Warp to WezTerm
1 moved from Warp to croc
1 moved from Warp to Superset
Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“a testing framework called Warp, which combines replay, results caching, handler substitution”
“Our motivation with open sourcing is to build more trust with our community, not less.”
Threads where it came up
- The Warp Agent CLI 5 mentions
- Warp is now Open-Source 3 mentions
- Warp is now open-source 2 mentions
- Show HN: Prompt – A New, Beautiful Terminal 1 mention
- Ask HN: If the models are so good, why doesn't OpenAI just start 100 companies? 1 mention
- Show HN: Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup 1 mention
Also written as warp. Data: warp.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 18
“it’s gotten so slow and weird, that I can’t stand it anymore”
“the second my own _terminal_ tried to get me to subscribe to a monthly plan I uninstalled that shit so fast.”
“I used magic-wormhole-based Warp and liked it”
“I use it every day for terminal stuff”
“All of these run perfectly fine on simple m4 silicone”
“it is a good business but poor user experience.”
“they started cramming more and more AI in everywhere, took over half the input area and you could just see there was no coming back.”
“I use ZSH in Warp daily and never had this problem with ls.”
“I use warp if you don’t like the AI stuff you can turn it off.”
“the actual terminal features became more and more buggy and I ended up having to go back to WezTerm.”
“2 to 5 tabs in warp.”
“It's been my go-to terminal emulator for a few years”
“Then one day, I opened it up to find the command bar was replaced with a natural language prompt.”
“Then a couple months ago they completely changed the UI. It doesn’t work as it once did.”
“Was interested to try until I saw it was no longer a terminal and is now a coding agent?”
“I pointed Warp at my emacs config, said my problems, and said "fix plz," and it did.”
“i use claude or gemini in Cursor or Warp”
“I love warp's usability, but I don't find its integrated ai that useful.”