OxideTerm vs Rune
OxideTerm and Rune are both terminals software. OxideTerm is open source under GPL-3.0, with 1.8k GitHub stars. Rune is open source under GPL-3.0, with 1.5k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick OxideTerm when
- You want a free, native all-in-one remote access client without accounts or telemetry, and can use your own AI key.
- Pick Rune when
- You want one native app for editing and terminals that works with coding agents and lets you reach your workstation from a laptop.
Side by side
A native SSH client and remote operations workspace with SSH, Mosh, Telnet, serial, RDP and VNC, SFTP, port forwarding, an editor and an optional AI assistant using your own API key.
A GPU-accelerated native IDE and terminal multiplexer written in Go, with language intelligence, plugins, a built-in agent and encrypted peer-to-peer access between your machines.
It is ten months old and GPL-3.0, and covering so many protocols in a young codebase means rough edges.
Under three months old, GPL-3.0, and the install is a curl-to-shell script that keeps itself updated.
Usable
Experimental
Desktop app (both)
Rust, GPUI and russh
Go and Starlark
Open source, GPL-3.0 (strong copyleft) (both)
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license. (both)
1.8k GitHub stars
1.5k GitHub stars
Young: started 9 months ago, latest release v2.3.0.
New: started 1 month ago, latest release v1.3.4.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-06 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.