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Rabby

Rabby is a Rust/Tauri terminal workspace inspired by Tabby, cloned locally at ../tabby-source for feature reference.

Goal

Keep the same broad product shape as Tabby—terminal tabs, nested split panes, local/SSH/Telnet/Serial profiles, themes, shortcuts, quake-mode UX, session restore, and transfer/security surfaces—while replacing the Electron/Angular shell with a smaller Rust core plus Tauri desktop shell.

Current implementation

  • rabby-core: dependency-light Rust domain model for profiles, tabs, split panes, session restore primitives, and feature coverage tests.
  • src-tauri: Tauri v2 desktop backend exposing the Rust feature matrix to the UI.
  • ui: static responsive UI mock/prototype matching Tabby-style terminal UX without a JavaScript build chain.
  • docs/rabby-screenshot.svg: screenshot artifact of the UI/UX direction.

Verification

cargo test -p rabby-core

The core crate is intentionally testable without launching the desktop shell.

Tabby feature mapping

Tabby feature Rabby implementation direction
Terminal emulator Rust core models terminal sessions; Tauri UI presents panes/tabs.
SSH/Telnet/Serial Typed connection profiles with validation and command boundaries.
Split panes/tabs Recursive pane tree with tested split bounds and leaf counting.
Theming/shortcuts Static UI theme now; config surface reserved in core.
Session restore Workspace struct stores profiles, tabs, active tab, and quake mode.
Smaller footprint No Electron/Angular runtime in this scaffold; static assets + Tauri.

Screenshot

Rabby screenshot