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kenjinote/cmdchat
コマンド プロンプト (チャット風)
A Windows GUI wrapper around cmd.exe that renders command output in a chat-bubble style using an embedded HTML/IE control. It's a cosmetic reskin of the command prompt, not a terminal emulator — no PTY, no ANSI, just cmd piped into a webview. Aimed at users who find the classic cmd window aesthetically off-putting.
Single-file C++ implementation (Source.cpp) means the whole thing is auditable in one read. Ships a prebuilt binary in releases, so zero build friction for end users. The HTML/CSS rendering approach is creative for its era — gives you free text styling without writing a custom renderer.
Last touched April 2023, built against the legacy IE-based WebView (not WebView2), which Microsoft has been actively killing — this will break on future Windows updates. No interactive input to running processes; you fire a command and get the stdout dump, so anything that expects stdin or produces streaming output is broken. The README is Japanese-only with no English, which limits the audience considerably. With 418 stars and 18 forks over several years, adoption is minimal and there's no indication of active maintenance.