[yjftsjthsd-h]

> how do you pipe data through multiple applications in one command using a GUI for example? nobody has been able to solve that in a practical way yet.

How about Arcan?

https://arcan-fe.com/2021/04/12/introducing-pipeworld/

[em-bee]

that looks pretty good, except i want to be able to use the pipes on a remote machine, yet still have the output graphically represented locally.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

I haven't read through the blog posts in a hot minute, but I would be astonished if arcan isn't network transparent enough to let you do exactly that.