tterm vs Woven Video: Features, Pricing & Which Is Better (2026)

A side-by-side comparison of tterm and Woven Video — features, pricing, and ideal use cases — to help you decide which AI tool fits your workflow.

tterm

Tanay Gondil

Free

Free macOS workspace that unites a terminal, a real Chromium browser, and Claude Code in one hot-reloadable, self-building window.

Self-Building Workspace: ⌘K invokes Claude Code on tterm's own source and hot-reloads the running app so you can extend the tool from inside itself.
Row-Per-Project Layout: Every project gets its own row containing an explorer, a Claude Code session, and a file viewer, so multiple projects stack side by side.
Embedded Real Browser: ⌘B opens a Chromium tab inside tterm that inherits your Chrome cookies, bookmarks, and history — favicons and all.
Diff-Only Review: ⌘G opens a hunk-level diff reviewer for staging and committing changes; there's no editor by design, so you review instead of retype.
Command-Palette Shortcuts: ⌘K palette, ⌘O projects, ⌘P quick open, ⌘⇧F search, ⌘F find, ⌘⇧M for CLAUDE.md, and more make navigation keyboard-first.
Terminal-Respecting Key Handling: Only ⌘-chords are intercepted by tterm; every ⌃-key passes through to the pty untouched, so terminal apps keep working.
Privacy by Default: No account, no telemetry, and no network calls home — the app is a single ad-hoc-signed hobby build.

AI-Paired Coding: Keep Claude Code, your terminal, and docs in one window while pairing with an LLM on a project.
Multi-Project Juggling: Stack several concurrent projects as rows so you can jump between them without alt-tabbing.
Doc-Grounded Development: Use the embedded browser to keep API docs open next to your terminal and diff without leaving the app.
Focused Diff Review: Review and stage AI-generated changes hunk by hunk before committing, rather than editing in place.
Hobbyist macOS Tinkering: Extend the tool itself from inside via Claude Code, treating tterm as a live playground.

Woven Labs

Paid

Native macOS AI video editor: ask for the edit in chat, then fine-tune it on a real multi-track timeline.

Chat-Based Editing: Describe the edit in plain language and Woven applies it to your footage on the timeline.
Real Multi-Track Timeline: Fine-tune any AI-made edit manually with a full timeline instead of a black-box result.
Caption Styles: Word-by-word highlight, progressive build-up, or classic subtitles for short-form video.
Transitions and Text Animation: Fade, whip, flash, glitch and zoom transitions plus pop, typewriter and loop text effects.
Built-in Sound Effects: A library of 35 sound effects with keyboard triggers to add whooshes, pops and impacts.
Agent Integration: Paste a setup prompt into Claude Code or Codex so the agent can request edits that appear in Woven.
Media Generation: Generate images, video and music with Woven-hosted models using monthly credits.

YouTube Production: Cutting long-form videos by describing edits instead of scrubbing manually.
Short-Form Content: Producing Reels, TikToks and Shorts with captions and effects.
Podcast Clips: Turning podcast recordings into captioned video clips.
Gaming Videos: Editing gameplay footage quickly with sound effects and transitions.
Product Demos and Ads: Assembling polished promo videos with AI presenters and generated media.
Agent-Driven Workflows: Letting a coding agent request edits through the connected editor.