HashiCorp founder's Superlogical opens public testing for Rex, a free drop-in terminal replacement
jedisct1 · x · 2026-10-06
Mitchell Hashimoto (HashiCorp co-founder) announced that Rex, the new terminal project from his Superlogical team, has entered public testing, with invites going out in mailing-list signup order, macOS-only at first.
Key points:
- Rex is a drop-in terminal replacement promising persistent sessions, performant remote connections, program activity status, and a polished UI.
- The macOS app self-hosts its own Rex server and can connect to others; Linux/Windows servers and iOS/Linux/Windows clients are in progress.
- A 50-person private beta has used Rex daily for months with strong stability.
- Free forever, no account required, fully self-hostable, no data sharing; clients and servers won't be directly monetized, with commercialization plans to be detailed before stable release.
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