rabby/README.md

Rabby

Rabby is a Rust/Tauri terminal workspace inspired by Tabby, cloned locally at ../tabby-source for feature reference.

Goal

Keep the same broad product shape as Tabby—terminal tabs, nested split panes, local/SSH/Telnet/Serial profiles, themes, shortcuts, quake-mode UX, session restore, and transfer/security surfaces—while replacing the Electron/Angular shell with a smaller Rust core plus Tauri desktop shell.

Current implementation

• rabby-core: dependency-light Rust domain model for profiles, tabs, split panes, session restore primitives, and Tabby feature coverage tests.
• rabby-core/src/feature: structured Tabby-vs-Rabby feature catalog with honest status (Modeled, UiPrototype, Planned).
• rabby-core/src/workspace: refactored workspace/profile/pane domain state.
• src-tauri: Tauri v2 desktop backend exposing the Rust feature matrix to the UI.
• ui: static responsive UI mock/prototype matching Tabby-style terminal UX without a JavaScript build chain.
• docs/rabby-screenshot.svg: screenshot artifact of the UI/UX direction.

Verification

cargo fmt --all -- --check
cargo test -p rabby-core
cargo check -p rabby
cargo build --release -p rabby

The core crate is intentionally testable without launching the desktop shell.

Tabby feature comparison

This table is based on Tabby's README and top-level modules (tabby-terminal, tabby-local, tabby-ssh, tabby-telnet, tabby-serial, tabby-plugin-manager, tabby-settings, tabby-web, etc.). The scaffold does not claim every production implementation is finished; it verifies that each class is represented in the Rust catalog and tests.

Tabby feature class	Rabby coverage now	Status
VT terminal emulation	Terminal session/pane surface requirement in Rust catalog	Planned
Nested split panes	Recursive PaneNode with bounds and leaf-count tests	Modeled
Remembered tabs	Workspace stores tabs and active tab	Modeled
Quake console/global hotkey	quake_mode state plus UI control	Modeled
Progress/process notifications	Tab.progress state with validation	Modeled
Bracketed/multiline paste, RMB paste, copy-on-select	Terminal preference requirement in catalog	Planned
Unicode/double-width/ligatures	Renderer requirement in catalog	Planned
Local shell profiles	Typed LocalShell profile command	Modeled
SSH connection manager	Typed Ssh profile command boundary	Modeled
SSH forwarding/jump hosts/agent forwarding/login scripts	Advanced SSH backlog entry in catalog	Planned
Telnet	Typed Telnet profile	Modeled
Serial terminal	Typed Serial profile plus serial option backlog	Modeled
Zmodem/SFTP transfers	Transfer surface reserved for SSH sessions	Planned
Encrypted SSH secrets/config	Tauri/Rust secret-store boundary in catalog	Planned
Themes/color schemes	Profile.color_scheme plus UI theme prototype	Modeled
Configurable multi-chord shortcuts	Command palette/shortcut UX prototype entry	UI prototype
Plugin manager/ecosystem	Extension boundary reserved outside core	Planned
Portable/web surfaces	Static UI + Tauri shell; web surface tracked as platform backlog	UI prototype

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