Macterm
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Macterm, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from Macterm's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Agent support
- The CLI can print skills for coding agents to use Macterm panes and persistent workspaces.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Macterm's CLI documentation describes automation for scripts and coding agents, including commands to create panes and run commands.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Automation
- The bundled macterm CLI controls the running app over a local Unix socket and supports scriptable JSON output.checked 9 Oct 2026
- CLI access control
- The control socket is restricted to the same user through filesystem permissions, with no token authentication.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Configuration compatibility
- Macterm reads existing Ghostty configuration, including themes, fonts, and keybinds.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- Macterm is available as a Homebrew cask or as a downloadable DMG from GitHub Releases.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The maker documents installation through Homebrew or a downloadable DMG, with Sparkle handling app updates.checked 9 Oct 2026
- License
- Macterm is MIT licensed.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Multiplexing
- Users can split panes, move them between tabs, and restore project, tab, and split layouts after relaunch.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Password autofill
- Macterm can offer to save passwords from SSH, sudo, and other prompts to the keychain and fill them after Touch ID or the login password.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Password storage
- Macterm can save passwords to the keychain and offer autofill after Touch ID or the login password when the same prompt appears.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Macterm is a native macOS terminal with vertical project tabs and persistent sessions, built on libghostty.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Remote project limitation
- Remote projects require zmx to be preinstalled on the host; the docs say there is no upload flow yet.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Remote project requirement
- Remote projects require SSH access and zmx installed on the host; Macterm has no zmx upload flow yet.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Remote projects
- Macterm opens remote directories over SSH and keeps their zmx sessions running on the remote host when the app quits or the connection drops.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Scripting API
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Security boundary
- The CLI control socket is restricted to the same user by filesystem permissions and does not use token authentication.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Session persistence
- Quitting detaches shells; relaunching restores sessions, scrollback, and running processes.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Split panes
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- SSH support
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- System requirement
- Macterm requires macOS 14 or later.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Minimum OS
- Macterm requires macOS 14 or later.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- macOSchecked 22 Sep 2026
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