Tersely by Nat Torkington as:
— an open source in-browser terminal emulator.
That’s fair, but the project goals read:
The goal of the project is to create a beautiful and extensible experience for command-line interface users, built on open web standards.
In the beginning, our focus will be primarily around speed, stability and the development of the correct API for extension authors.
In the future, we anticipate the community will come up with innovative additions to enhance what could be the simplest, most powerful and well-tested interface for productivity.
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Looking forward to a Linux package being released!