egoist/keroPublic

A native terminal workspace for macOS.

AI summary: A native, Swift-based terminal workspace for macOS featuring split panes and project grouping.

Stars: 830; +25 today
Forks: 66
Watchers: 1
Open issues: 38
Open PRs: 17
Contributors: ~11
Commits: 145
Branches: 14

SwiftGPL-3.0Created Jul 18, 2026Last push 1d ago+112 stars this week+138 this month

Star history

since Jul 19, 2026

830 stars as of Aug 7, 2026, tracked back to Jul 19, 2026. Historical curve reconstructed from public GitHub event archives, calibrated to the current total.

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80 commits in the last yearLessMore

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+112 stars this week
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What kero does

Kero is a native macOS terminal emulator built with Swift and libghostty, offering a modern workspace alternative to traditional terminals. It provides a structured environment that natively supports project-based organization, file trees, and split panes without requiring heavy configuration like tmux. It can also utilize an Alacritty backend optionally. The design focuses on bringing a native, polished GUI experience to terminal-heavy workflows, integrating directly with macOS UX paradigms. It aims to reduce the friction of managing multiple terminal sessions across different codebases.

Kero is built for macOS software developers and system administrators who spend a significant portion of their day in the terminal. It targets users looking for a fast, native, and visually integrated command-line workspace.

Native macOS UI: Built with Swift for high performance and deep integration with the operating system's design language.
libghostty Engine: Uses the fast and robust ghostty terminal engine by default for rendering and processing.
Project Grouping: Organizes terminal sessions by project directories, keeping context isolated and easily accessible.
Integrated File Tree: Includes a visual sidebar to browse project files directly next to the terminal pane.
Split Panes: Native support for dividing the workspace into multiple terminal views without relying on multiplexers.
Optional Alacritty Backend: Allows users to switch to the Alacritty rendering engine if preferred.

Where teams use it

Context Switching

Developers working across multiple microservices can group their terminal tabs by project to maintain organization.

Integrated Workflow

Users who prefer having a visual file explorer alongside their command line operations without needing a full IDE.

Native Experience

macOS power users seeking a terminal that feels like a native app rather than a cross-platform Electron wrapper.

Multiplexer Replacement

Developers who want split panes and session management out-of-the-box without configuring tmux.

Getting started: brew install egoist/tap/kero

README

main branch

Kero

A native terminal workspace for macOS.

Features

Swift + libghostty by default, with an optional Alacritty backend
Native design
Split panes
Git intergration
Group by projects
File tree

Download

https://kero.sh

Or with Homebrew:

brew install egoist/tap/kero

Contributing

CONTRIBUTING.md

License

GPLv3

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Recent activity

commits and pull requests

Add built-in terminal multiplexer (finishes #82)Open
#100 by vitalNohj · updated 1d ago
Add opt-in terminal background opacity + behind-window blurOpen
#96 by vitalNohj · updated 1d ago
Add FPS counter
egoist committed 7fd3616 · 1d ago
[release] 0.1.44
egoist committed ae67b6f · 2d ago
Fix runaway git metadata probe outside repositoriesMerged
#106 by theRealWardo · updated 2d ago
Fix runaway git metadata probe outside repositories (#106)
theRealWardo committed 0590f15 · 2d ago
Prevent rare crash in Ctrl-Tab switcher
egoist committed 0158396 · 2d ago
Fix runaway memory when a project is outside any Git repositoryClosed
#110 by vcarus · updated 2d ago
Add worktree navigation to the Git panelDraft
#104 by egoist · updated 2d ago
[release] 0.1.43
egoist committed 9a5dd13 · 2d ago
Support OSC 22 mouse pointer shapes in Alacritty panes
egoist committed e74f2b0 · 2d ago
Support terminal links to local files
egoist committed b83f338 · 3d ago

Recent open issues

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Feature Request：希望增加左右两边侧边栏字体最大可放大的size
#109 · 2d ago · by kidoln
鼠标事件监听错误
#108 · 2d ago · by Maidang1
distribute to linux
#107 · 2d ago · by devhindo
Text jittering when resize kero window
#105 · 3d ago · by artemch
Proposal: a setting to swap the project sidebar and the Files/Git/Info panel
#103 · 3d ago · by sogud
Feature Request - herdr
#102 · 3d ago · by frdrckj

Code frequency

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+1.2M lines added, -780.9K removed over the last year.

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80 commits in the last 52 weeks.

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Who is committing

last 52 weeks

Maintainer commits133 (92%)

Community commits12 (8%)

145 commits in total over the last year.

Date	List	Rank	Stars gained
Jul 24, 2026	daily	#25	+3

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