> doesn’t need to be exposed to the internet

[PWAs: Offline and background operation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web...)

> that can be run remotely via SSH

Fair

> which doesn’t ship you megabytes of JavaScript

Not required at all; that would be a decision the app makes and not inherent to the medium

> works equally well on everyone’s machine

Provided they're using a compatible terminal with a compatible color scheme that doesn't just make everything unreadable.

> > which doesn’t ship you megabytes of JavaScript

> that would be a decision the app makes

OK but as soon as some moron with a Product Manager title gets their grubby little fingers on it the app does start shipping megabytes of JS in practice. TUI's can't, that's the advantage.