mterm is a modern terminal emulator built for people who need to type and read Myanmar script natively in the terminal without broken glyphs, duplicated characters, or messy shaping.
It is designed for developers, sysadmins, and Burmese-speaking technical users who want a terminal that feels professional while actually handling Myanmar text correctly.
Most terminals still break Burmese text.
- You print
မင်္ဂလာပါand the shaping falls apart - Characters get duplicated into separate cells
- Reading logs, editing files in
nanoorvim, and using localized shell output becomes frustrating
With standard terminals, Burmese often looks broken.
With mterm, Burmese stays readable, clean, and correctly shaped.
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📝 Type and read Myanmar properly
Compose and read Burmese innano,vim, or your shell with clean clusters and correct shaping. -
🎨 True 24-bit color
Themes, syntax highlighting, and terminal UI apps render the way they were meant to. -
🌗 5 built-in themes
Press⌘ + ,on macOS orCtrl + ,on Windows/Linux to switch themes instantly. -
🔤 Nerd Fonts built in
Icons, powerline glyphs, and patched-font workflows work out of the box. -
🪟 Native window vibrancy
The app feels like a proper desktop terminal, not a web page in a box. -
🌍 Local-first feel
Burmese logs, Unicode paths, and localized terminal output stay readable.
Latest Version: v1.0.6
- Homebrew (macOS Apple Silicon):
brew install --cask thelapyae/mterm/mterm - macOS (Apple Silicon / M-series Macs): mterm-mac-arm64.dmg
- Windows (most Intel/AMD PCs): mterm-Setup.exe
- Linux x64 (most Intel/AMD PCs): mterm-linux.AppImage
- Linux ARM64 (Apple Silicon VMs, ARM laptops, Raspberry Pi class devices): mterm-linux-arm64.tar.gz
- 🍎 Use macOS ARM64 if you are on a modern MacBook, Mac mini, or Mac Studio with an M1, M2, M3, M4, or M5 chip.
- 🍺 Use Homebrew on Apple Silicon macOS if you prefer
brew installover downloading a DMG manually. - 🪟 Use Windows if you are on a normal Windows laptop or desktop with Intel or AMD.
- 🐧 Use Linux x64 AppImage if your Linux machine reports
x86_64fromuname -m. - ⚙️ Use Linux ARM64 if your Linux machine reports
aarch64orarm64fromuname -m.
- 📦 Linux x64 ships as an AppImage and is the easiest option for normal desktop Linux PCs.
- 🧩 Linux ARM64 currently ships as a
.tar.gzarchive instead of AppImage. Extract it and runmtermfrom the unpacked folder.
- Official website: mterm.thelapyae.com
- Latest release page: GitHub Releases
A modern terminal with proper Burmese script support.