What is Wave?
Open-source terminal with built-in file previews, web browsing, and AI tools.
Verified product facts
- Type
- developer toolEditorially reviewed
- Platform
- macOS
- Pricing
- Open sourceDeveloper-stated
- Open source
- Yes
- Relationship to Nuanyue
- Third-party product — not published by NuanyueEditorially reviewed
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Current version
- 0.14.5Developer-stated
- Official website
- github.com/wavetermdev/waveterm
Last updated . Facts marked developer-stated come from the developer and are not independently confirmed; editorially reviewed marks a Nuanyue judgement.
Key features
What Wave does at a glance.
Wave AI - Context-aware terminal assistant
Reads your terminal output, analyzes widgets, and performs file operations
Durable SSH Sessions - Remote terminal sessions survive connection interruptions, network changes, and Wave restarts with automatic reconnection
Flexible drag & drop interface to organize terminal blocks, editors, web browsers, and AI assistants
Built-in editor
For editing remote files with syntax highlighting and modern editor features
Rich file preview system
For remote files (markdown, images, video, PDFs, CSVs, directories)
Quick full-screen toggle
For any block - expand terminals, editors, and previews for better visibility, then instantly return to multi-block view
Overview
Open-source terminal with built-in file previews, web browsing, and AI tools.
Wave runs on macOS and is listed on Nuanyue in the developer tools category.
Links
Sources
Facts on this page are checked against the sources below. Last updated .
- Wave — official websiteGrade B
- Wave — source repositoryGrade D
