Shox
Dev tools
terminal status bar
SHOW HN2020
99points
43comments
#654of 3,028 in 2020
Top 22%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
8 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Idea: 3 for, 3 againstDocs: 2 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful status bar that works independently of terminal
From 3 comments
Nice! This seems like a great status bar solution that is independent of which terminal you use. For iTerm users, there's a built-in feature that works very well:…
nels on HNNeat! I rarely mess with my prompt but actually now that I've seen this seeing things like CPU especially in a development context could be quite useful. Also, it would be great…
flippyhead on HNI need a cheat sheet to use tmux. I've no doubt I'd find it valuable if I spent some time learning it, but I can also appreciate this thing for adding a nice function without…
danmur on HN
Objections
Overlaps with tmux, which already offers similar features
From 3 comments
Why not just use tmux? Then you get all the features that comes with too.
mdszy on HNBoth screen and tmux do this, and if you’ve never tried either of them please do! Much easier to deal with “tabs” in a single terminal session, plus you can detach a session and…
trollied on HNReminds me of byobu + tmux, looks cool
pizza on HN
Project page lacks demonstration of what it does
From 1 comment
again... again... I have to be the jerk here. why is there nothing that shows what this does on the project page? You've spent countless hours creating this thing, yet you can't…
thrownaway954 on HN
Piping curl to sudo bash is unsafe
From 2 comments
Do not pipe random scripts from the internet into ``` | sudo bash ```
sneak on HNNo, it has been demonstrated that servers can detect whether a request is being downloaded or piped to a shell, so they can vary the response accordingly, sending safe-looking…
useragent86 on HN
Requests
Add a demo GIF or more examples
From 3 comments
again... again... I have to be the jerk here. why is there nothing that shows what this does on the project page? You've spent countless hours creating this thing, yet you can't…
thrownaway954 on HNNeat! I rarely mess with my prompt but actually now that I've seen this seeing things like CPU especially in a development context could be quite useful. Also, it would be great…
flippyhead on HNThere could be some explanation which part of the static PNG is relevant. Like a an arrow pointing to the bar with some text "Look here". Not everyone knows terminals and shells…
slightwinder on HN
Support for custom per-terminal information like git branch
From 1 comment
So this puts some basic information into every terminal, and there is no way add your own information? Why not use the normal Bar from your windowmanager or desktop environment?…
slightwinder on HN
Questions
Does it work with vim and mc
From 1 comment
Nice. I have almost exactly the same indicators on my tmux configuration. A bit curious as to how this plays along with mc and vim, will try it.
rcarmo on HN
Does it work on ChromeOS Linux and how to uninstall
From 1 comment
would this work on chrome OS's implementation of Linux & if so would it be easy to disable/uninstall?
retpirato on HN
Alternatives named
tmux and screen
From 2 comments
Both screen and tmux do this, and if you’ve never tried either of them please do! Much easier to deal with “tabs” in a single terminal session, plus you can detach a session and…
trollied on HNWhy not just use tmux? Then you get all the features that comes with too.
mdszy on HN
iTerm2 built-in status bar
From 1 comment
Nice! This seems like a great status bar solution that is independent of which terminal you use. For iTerm users, there's a built-in feature that works very well:…
nels on HN
byobu
From 1 comment
Reminds me of byobu + tmux, looks cool
pizza on HN