Terax

Terax is a lightweight, open-source, cross-platform AI-native terminal and development environment built with Tauri, Rust, and React. It combines a fast terminal emulator, native PTY backend, file explorer, integrated code editor, web preview, and AI side panel in a compact desktop app. The terminal supports multi-tab workflows, background streaming, shell integration, inline search, link detection, and true-color rendering. The editor is powered by CodeMirror 6 and includes language support, Vim mode, themes, inline AI autocomplete, and AI edit diffs. Terax works with bring-your-own-key AI providers, OpenAI-compatible endpoints, and local models through LM Studio. It is designed for developers who want a small, private, no-telemetry AI development environment with keys stored securely in the operating system keychain.