Show HN: TerminalRant – Mastodon for developers who live in the terminal

Ranting space for people who live in the terminal.

TerminalRant is a terminal UI (TUI) client for Mastodon. Read, post, reply,

moderate, and browse your timelines without leaving your shell.

Install (Go 1.25+):

Run:

On first run, TerminalRant opens your browser for OAuth login and stores auth

state in ~/.config/terminalrant by default.

Ensure $GOPATH/bin is in your PATH:

Since the binary is not signed/notarized, remove the quarantine attribute after installation:

Install to default directory:

Install to a custom directory:

If terminalrant is not found after install, add your install directory to PATH:

Clone and build locally (Go 1.25+):

Or run directly:

TerminalRant is configured via environment variables:

CLI flags:

Start the app:

On first run, TerminalRant opens a browser window for OAuth and stores auth

state under TERMINALRANT_AUTH_DIR.

If you prefer running from source:

Global:

Feed:

Detail:

Dialogs:

MIT