Terax walkthrough: a 7 MB AI terminal compared with Warp

Terax's developer introduces an open source AI terminal with a code editor and an integrated AI agent. He reports a 7 MB binary and compares that with Warp at over 400 MB. These are the speaker's size claims, rather than independently verified measurements.

The walkthrough covers a searchable file explorer, terminal and editor tabs, and a web preview that detects a local development server. The editor includes Vim mode, themes and AI completion. A compact input panel sits at the bottom, with a separate details window that users can open or hide. The developer describes sub-agents, project memory, tasks, skills and voice input. In the example workflow, the agent reads files, plans edits and proposes changes for review and approval.

Terax supports local models through LM Studio, according to the speaker, who recommends Google's Gemma 4 as a local LLM to try. The video does not provide model hardware requirements or establish that every feature works offline.

The developer attributes the small package to Rust and Tauri's use of the system web view. React handles the frontend, xterm.js supplies the terminal with WebGL rendering, and CodeMirror 6 supplies the editor. At the time of the video, he says Terax runs on macOS and Linux under Apache 2.0, with Windows support planned. Downloads are available through the project website and GitHub.