Heavy Terminal is a dynamic GTK-based terminal emulator with support for animated GIF overlays and intuitive GUI controls. Built using C++ and GTK3/VTE, it allows users to display an animated GIF inside or on top of a terminal window — ideal for personalization, streaming overlays, or just a bit of fun!
- 🧠 Embedded Terminal: Based on VTE for full bash/zsh shell support.
- 🎞️ GIF Overlay: Attach a looping GIF directly inside or atop the terminal window.
- 🖱️ GUI Controls: Configure the terminal theme, default shell, and overlay GIF via a GTK settings window.
- 🪟 Resizable & Split Layouts: Experimental support for terminal splitting using paned containers.
- 🔐 Root-Privileged Copy: Optionally authenticate to allow writing to restricted system directories.
mkdir build cd build cmake .. make -j4 sudo make install
gtk+-3.0vte-2.91cmakeg++(C++17)libgif-dev(optional, if GIF decoding is handled manually)
Install dependencies on Ubuntu:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential cmake libgtk-3-dev libvte-2.91-dev
## Running on ubuntu
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