Current status
Splinterm 0.1.0 is the first stable release, published on 2026-09-05 for x86_64 Omarchy/Arch Linux with native Wayland under Hyprland. 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/v0.1.0
The newer 0.1.1-rc.2, published on 2026-09-15, is a prerelease, not a new stable release. Check the release listing for subsequent publications:
https://github.com/OldJobobo/splinterm/releases
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 | 0.1.0 for the documented platform |
| Broader compatibility and support lifetime | Not promised |
| Nix and broader distributions | Planned |
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 0.1.0 does not expand the documented compatibility scope; repository docs/status.md remains authoritative.