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Serial communication tool for Mac, Windows and Linux.

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Multiserial – a serial terminal for macOS that does not feel ancient

by praveentp·Jun 23, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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Finally a serial terminal that doesn't feel like it's from 1995.

Strengths
  • •Session tabs with independent buffers, filters, and macros per device
  • •USB metadata inspection showing VID/PID and manufacturer details
  • •Tauri + Rust means low memory footprint with native performance
Weaknesses
  • •Windows build not yet released, only macOS and Linux available
  • •Serial terminal category already has established free alternatives
Target Audience

Embedded developers, firmware engineers, hardware hackers

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Post Description

I do a fair amount of embedded and hardware work on my mac. The serial tool was always a bother for me. I usually ended up testing on Windows. I built this tool focused on day-to-day bringup, loop back tests, logging and repeatable send flows. it uses Tauri and Rust for speed and a low memory footprint. It is free, open source, MIT license. I have used this on a Mac and built and tested the Linux version. Did not get to building the Windows version yet. Will probably look at it next weekend.

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