{"slug":"wave-terminal","name":"Wave Terminal","domain":"waveterm.dev","verdict":"As of 2026-07-15, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok collectively rank Wave Terminal #2 of 11 for ai terminal. Source: https://modelsagree.com/product/wave-terminal (modelsagree.com, CC BY 4.0).","best_rank":2,"categories":1,"brief":{"category":"best-ai-terminal","title":"Best AI terminal","rank":2,"of":11,"top":"Warp","day":"2026-07-17","why":[{"t":"best open-source value","m":["ChatGPT","Claude","Gemini"],"q":"Best open-source value"},{"t":"bring-your-own or local model","m":["Claude","Gemini"],"q":"bring-your-own model (OpenAI-compatible or local via Ollama)"},{"t":"graphical widgets and file previews","m":["ChatGPT","Claude","Gemini"],"q":"graphical widgets (file previews, editor, web panes)"},{"t":"durable SSH and flexible layouts","m":["ChatGPT","Gemini"],"q":"SSH, and flexible layouts"}],"gap":[{"t":"plans and runs multi-step tasks","m":["Claude","Gemini"],"q":"plans and runs multi-step tasks with your approval"},{"t":"first-class external coding agent support","m":["ChatGPT","Grok"],"q":"first-class support for external coding agents"},{"t":"block-based output","m":["Claude","Gemini"],"q":"block-based output"}],"fix":[{"t":"younger and less polished","m":["ChatGPT","Claude"],"q":"Younger and less polished than mature emulators"},{"t":"heavy Electron-based architecture","m":["Claude","Gemini"],"q":"heavy Electron-based architecture"},{"t":"high memory and slower startup","m":["Claude","Gemini"],"q":"high memory consumption and slower startup performance"}]},"entries":[{"slug":"best-ai-terminal","title":"Best AI terminal","rank":2,"of":11,"score":12,"appearances":3,"modelRanks":{"ChatGPT":2,"Claude":2,"Gemini":2},"reason":"Best open-source value: combines a capable cross-platform terminal with workspace-aware AI, filesystem context, graphical previews, editing, web panels, SSH, and flexible layouts","reasons":[{"model":"ChatGPT","reason":"Best open-source value: combines a capable cross-platform terminal with workspace-aware AI, filesystem context, graphical previews, editing, web panels, SSH, and flexible layouts"},{"model":"Claude","reason":"The strongest open-source answer to Warp — inline AI chat with bring-your-own model (OpenAI-compatible or local via Ollama), plus graphical widgets (file previews, editor, web panes) that make AI-assisted work genuinely useful; earns #2 on the assumption that model choice and source openness matter to a typical developer wary of lock-in."},{"model":"Gemini","reason":"Near-tie with Terax for local privacy; it is open-source and renders rich UI widgets, file previews, and markdown inline alongside a side-by-side AI panel that supports local models (via Ollama) and durable SSH."}],"fixes":[{"model":"ChatGPT","fix":"Less mature and less consistently polished than Warp as an everyday terminal"},{"model":"Claude","fix":"Younger and less polished than mature emulators, and its Electron footprint makes it noticeably heavier than native terminals — not for minimalists or low-resource machines."},{"model":"Gemini","fix":"Its heavy Electron-based architecture results in high memory consumption and slower startup performance compared to native emulators."}],"updated":"2026-07-15","api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-ai-terminal.json"}],"page":"https://modelsagree.com/product/wave-terminal","check":"https://modelsagree.com/check?q=Wave%20Terminal","updated":"2026-08-10T18:18:45.051Z","attribution":"modelsagree.com, CC BY 4.0"}