Cathode for PC

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Software Features and Description

1. - Effects include screen curvature, burn-in, scan-lines, and transparency.

2. - Glowing halos simulate the human eye's reaction to intense brightness.

3. - Watch the strange dance of horizontal desyncs and splitting colors.

4. - Slow-motion retrace lines show the picture being refreshed.

5. - Immerse yourself and disregard thirty years of user interface progress.

6. - Cathode's many lifelike touches constantly surprise and delight.

7. - Impress curious onlookers at work, school, or the cafe.

8. - Cathode isn't just a terminal, it's also a great text editor.

9. - Turn up the static, jitter, and flicker to add an analog warmth.

10. - Pixels burn-in and slowly fade away when turned off.

11. - Tweak to your heart's content with a dozen real-time sliders.

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Download and install Cathode on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
Cathode	Get App ↲	0 1	Secret Geometry

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install Cathode app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using Cathode on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "Cathode"
The search will reveal the Cathode app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once Cathode is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Cathode.
Now enjoy Cathode on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Secret Geometry	1	2.4.1

Get Cathode on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get $4.99 on Mac	Secret Geometry	0	1

Download on Android: Download Android

Top Pcmac Reviews

A semi functional terminal that works in the most basic of use cases

By Nmentley (Pcmac user)

I’d love to give this app 4 or 5 stars. I think it really deserves it, but for the life of me I can’t figure out why it’s randomly displaying garbage charecters. When I switch panes in tmux random “q”s show up where my cursor was. When I navigate in neovim there are “q”s everywhere. I have to refresh the buffer to clear them and they’re back after a few seconds. It sort of makes this app unusable. I think the most I could get out of this is loading it up and running a few commands… but anything with a terminal multiplexer and terminal uis with complexity just get messed up with garbage output. :/ So, for what I got this program for, it just doesn’t work. For now, I’ve moved back to alacritty. But I’d love to really get a retro feel in my terminal emulator in the future if these bugs ever get worked out.
Plain 'Ole Nostalgic Bliss

By CaseFC3S (Pcmac user)

I may already be a bit too nostalgic for my own good, living in the past playing online text games via telnet, but I'll be darned if this didn't make it even more fun for me! Now I've just got to find other ways to use this in my regular workflow and I'll be one happy geek. As far as the app itself, it's completely solid. Crisp and responsive, plenty of customizability. I have zero complaints and there's only one thing on my wishlist that isn't already in here, and that's the sound that goes with degaussing the "monitor" (yes, you can do that - awesome, right?!). One bug, which is if your input extends multiple lines, the cursor does not retract to the previous line with backspace, but it does continue to delete the characters. Aside from that, I don't know what else could possibly be added to make this any better. Well done dev and team, well done.
Great, but please add mouse support!

By misato.is.best.girl (Pcmac user)

I realize that mouse support kind of goes against the ostensible vibe of retro console computing, but tbh i use the mouse all the time and appreciate the extra productivity it brings with programs like tmux and vim. Please add mouse support!
Greetings, Professor Falken

By Nike Mutante (Pcmac user)

Super cool app, nice work. I don’t think computer monitors made printer sounds at any point in history, but whatever

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Download and install Cathode on your computer

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