It's a hog because it uses electron (in other words chromium browser), on the one hand this makes a lot of sense for text, CSS and HTML are useful tools for thi

It's a hog because it uses electron (in other words chromium browser), on the one hand this makes a lot of sense for text, CSS and HTML are useful tools for this kind of experimentation, on the other hand electron is a behemoth and this makes xterm look like a twig... I think everyone is in agreement that terminal emulators should be lightweight.