Universe Terminal

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🌐 On Github

🌐 www.universeterminal.com

About

Universe Terminal (uTerm) is a terminal-based cosmic explorer that lets users navigate a fictional universe represented as a dynamic, AI-powered file system.

Inspired by the idea that the cosmos could be expressed like a filesystem — from galaxies to atoms — uTerm provides a sleek command-line interface for discovering scientific facts and creative narratives using generative AI.

My Contributions

I led development of the backend architecture using FastAPI, focusing on:

• Structuring the API to support hundreds of parallel universes, each built on a custom file tree.
• Designing endpoints to process terminal commands and return dynamic filesystem content.
• Integrating the Google Gemini API to generate context-aware directories and files in real time.
• Implementing key security layers, including:
  • API key validation
  • CORS middleware
  • Rate limiting via slowapi
  • Auto-cleanup of inactive universes after 5 minutes

We deployed the backend with Uvicorn and Render, and connected it to a frontend hosted on Vercel.

Tech Highlights

• FastAPI for API routing and logic
• Next.js for the interactive terminal interface
• Google Gemini for generative, context-aware content
• TailwindCSS for frontend styling
• Git + GitHub for collaboration and version control