You know that scene in every action movie when the computer whizz furiously hacks a system using some random commands on a dark background and goes “I'M IN”? The tool they’re writing commands in is the terminal. It’s what most developers use, without a doubt, on a daily basis. Still, not much has changed in its UI over the past 40 years.
Enter Warp. The company recently announced its $17M Series A, led by Dylan Field, co-founder, and CEO of Figma.
Warp is a Rust-based (a fast programming language) terminal that allows you to create your own workflows and share them with your team. It groups commands and outputs like a data notebook and lets you find useful ones through community-sourced workflows and command generation. If you work with a terminal, you might know the frustration of not being able to move the cursor wherever you need it. Warp solves that.
Maker Zach Lloyd has been a developer for 20 years. He previously worked as a principal engineer at Google and was TIME’s interim CTO. When talking about what pushed him to work on Warp, Lloyd shares: “I want to bring collaboration to the terminal. My experience as lead engineer on GDocs made me realize that every productivity app is more powerful when it’s collaborative. I’m excited to bring that approach to the terminal as well.”
What annoys you about the terminal in its current state? Let the makers know in the comments. They might be able to help.
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