Current status
Splinterm 0.1.1 is the current stable release, published on 2026-10-09 for x86_64 Omarchy/Arch Linux with native Wayland under Hyprland. 0.1.0 remains the first stable release. Source, documentation, GitHub releases, and AUR packages are public. Broader platform compatibility and a support lifetime are not promised; future 0.x releases may change interfaces with documented migration.
Stable release notes and assets:
https://github.com/OldJobobo/splinterm/releases/tag/v0.1.1
Stable 0.1.1 supersedes the RC series and includes Explorer navigation/context actions and activity filters, opt-in ligatures, bounded local clipboard-image saving, scoped accessibility, remote hostname labels, and reliability fixes. AT-SPI exposes navigation/status only, not terminal bodies or whole-terminal screen-reader support; remote image transfer and saved-layout removal are not included.
The maintenance release is commit 136ef81d268d9734f5ffb687089859438ba99579.
Candidate run 37879898683 built the verified packages once; protected promotion
run 37881194238 published them without rebuilding and verified all five assets.
Both AUR package bases publish 0.1.1-1, including exact-version optional MCP
packages. No new graphical sequence or final installed-package matrix was run
for finalization; recorded RC3 guest evidence remains scoped product evidence.
The development source on main may differ from the immutable release.
What that means
Section titled “What that means”- The product runs and has a normal graphical daily-use path.
- Core terminal, persistence, multiplexing, packaging, and automation milestones have recorded validation.
- The current target is narrow: x86_64 Omarchy/Arch Linux with native Wayland.
- Installation uses the versioned AUR package, the matching GitHub release, or a committed source checkout.
- Broader distribution and long-term compatibility promises have not been released.
Capability summary
Section titled “Capability summary”| Area | Current state |
|---|---|
| Native Wayland presentation | Keyboard, pointer, clipboard, IME, scaling, and damage-driven rendering validated on the documented Hyprland target |
| Persistent sessions and explicit restore | Implemented and validated |
| XDG command lifecycle | Commandless launches remain persistent; command-bearing launches use trusted client-bound transient Lairs |
| Pane layouts and multiple Dojos | Implemented and validated |
| Window-local Dojo tabs, tab strip, and context menus | Implemented and validated |
| Configurable keymaps, searchable help, and current-Lair controls | Implemented and non-graphically validated; packaged graphical acceptance pending |
| Atomic Dojo presets and optional Bash helpers | Implemented and validated |
| Vi copy mode and trusted local field editing | Implemented and validated |
| Multi-client controller transfer | Implemented and validated |
| JSON/NDJSON automation | Implemented and validated |
| SSH stdio relay | Implemented and validated |
| Native remote graphical client | Implemented and validated with profile-bound OpenSSH transport; remote image transfer is excluded |
| MCP adapter | Implemented and validated as an optional, separately policy-identified package |
| Sixel, practical Kitty static images, inline iTerm2 PNG | Documented supported subsets |
| Arch/Omarchy package | Versioned GitHub release and AUR packages validated |
| Public source and versioned builds | Available |
| AUR packages | Prebuilt splinterm-bin, source-built splinterm, and optional MCP split packages; this channel can include release candidates, not only stable releases |
| Stable release | 0.1.1 for the documented platform |
| Broader compatibility and support lifetime | Not promised |
| Nix and broader distributions | 0.1.1 release flake/module and headless checks; wider deployment acceptance and broader Linux support remain separate |
Important boundaries
Section titled “Important boundaries”Splinterm is security-conscious, not absolutely secure. Automation is constrained by executable identity, explicit scopes, resource limits, controller ownership, revocation, and bounded audit metadata. Terminal output is always untrusted data and cannot grant authority.
Splinterm 0.1 does not support live daemon upgrade handoff. Stopping or replacing the daemon ends its child processes; saved topology does not checkpoint applications. Save your work and upgrade from another terminal, then reopen Splinterm Windows. See Installation.
Persistent topology is also separate from graphical presentation. Creating or mutating a Dojo does not map, focus, move, or resize a native Wayland window. Read Why native Wayland? for the direct-compositor benefits, comparison model, and explicit non-claims.
Before depending on it
Section titled “Before depending on it”Review the public roadmap and the exact specialist documentation for the feature you intend to use. Stable 0.1.1 does not expand the documented compatibility scope; repository docs/status.md remains authoritative.