Termalogy

Terminal-first skin layer for Windows. GUI apps still run normally, but you access and manage them from a full-screen terminal shell.

Features

• Full-screen terminal skin UI (safe, non-destructive)
• Panic exit hotkey: Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
• Command-driven launcher with fuzzy app matching (open, apps find)
• Alias persistence in LocalAppData
• Startup-on-login toggle (startup on|off|status)
• Stealth mode with taskbar control (stealth, taskbar)
• Open-source workflow with CI + release tags

Install (From GitHub Releases)

1. Open Releases.
2. Download TermalogySkin-vX.Y.Z-win-x64.zip from the latest release.
3. Extract and run TermalogySkin.exe.

Developer Setup

git clone https://github.com/techistad/termalogy.git
cd termalogy
git config core.hooksPath .githooks
dotnet restore .\Termalogy.sln
dotnet build .\Termalogy.sln

Run locally:

dotnet run --project .\TermalogySkin\TermalogySkin.csproj

Commands

• help
• open <app|url|path>
• apps list, apps find <query>
• run <cmd>
• pwd, cd <path>, ls [path]
• win list, win close <index>
• alias list|add|remove|path
• startup on|off|status
• stealth on|off|status
• taskbar hide|show|status
• version (app version)
• stats (GitHub stars, forks, release downloads)
• top on|off
• exit

Git + Contribution Rules

• Never commit directly to main.
• Create a new branch for every change.
• Open a Pull Request to merge into main.
• CI must pass before merge.
• Configure local hooks once: git config core.hooksPath .githooks

See CONTRIBUTING.md for complete contributor workflow.

Branch Naming Convention

• feature/<short-topic>
• fix/<short-topic>
• docs/<short-topic>
• chore/<short-topic>

Example:

git checkout -b feature/window-focus-command

Release + Version Tags

Tags follow semantic versioning:

• v0.1.0
• v0.2.0
• v0.2.1

Create release tag:

git tag v0.1.0
git push origin v0.1.0

A GitHub Actions workflow builds Windows artifacts and publishes them to Releases.

Usage Count Strategy

Termalogy estimates user adoption using:

• Total GitHub release downloads
• Repository stars/watchers/forks

This is displayed publicly via badges and in-app stats command.

Remote

Primary repository remote:

https://github.com/techistad/termalogy.git

License

MIT — see LICENSE.