Pulse Terminal ⚡

A modern, minimal, dark GUI terminal built from scratch in Python using PySide6 — with SSH support, file transfers, screen session management, and smart tab autocomplete for cd.

Features

Local Terminal

• PTY-based command execution with real process control
• cd navigation with tab autocomplete — handles folder names with spaces
• Live dropdown showing folder contents as you type /
• Command history with arrow key navigation
• sudo password masking

SSH

• Connect via ssh user@host or saved nicknames
• Save and manage connections with ssh-list and ssh-delete
• Remote tab autocomplete with live dropdown
• Drag & drop file or folder to upload to the server
• upload — upload a file to the server
• upload-dir — upload a full folder to the server
• download <name> — download a file or folder from the server
• Conflict resolution on all transfers (overwrite / rename / skip)

Screen Sessions

• screen start <name> — start a named session in a new window
• screen attach <name> — reattach a session in a new window
• screen list, screen kill <name>

UI

• Dark theme with neon green prompt
• Background color shifts when connected to SSH
• Smooth pulse animation on clear
• Auto-scrollback with manual scroll lock

Tech Stack

• Python 3.12
• PySide6
• paramiko (SSH/SFTP)

Installation

Download the latest .dmg from Releases, open it, and drag Pulse Terminal to your Applications folder.

Run from Source

pip install PySide6 paramiko
python src/main.py

Author

Moin — GitHub