Show HN: Throng, a project first, terminal 2nd IDE for command line people
I've been beavering away at this since July, and its finally getting to a point where its stabilising. It started Windows only, but I recently converted over to Linux, so I've been ironing out the kinks in the last week. You can install it via apt or rpm, or .exe or .msi on Windows. Many more features to come, including native agent support and more preview features (images, PDF, document formats). Claude works pretty well in it, but I've not tried many other agents yet. I rarely leave throng no
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Repository: Bidthedog/throng. Source account: I've been beavering away at this since July, and its finally getting to a point where its stabilising. It started Windows only, but I recently converted over to Linux, so I've been ironing out the kinks in the last week. You can install it via apt or rpm, or .exe or .msi on Windows. Many more features to come, including native agent support and more preview features (images, PDF, document formats). Claude works pretty well in it, but I've not tried many other agents yet. I rarely leave throng no
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Source votes: 1 votes (Nov 8, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication) Recent records to compare: “Show HN: Record, branch, and compare command runs in stdlib-only Python” (Show HN, Nov 8, 2026); “meta/astryx” (GitHub Trending, Nov 8, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
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