Terminal Emulators
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- ReactOS
PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. It can also connect to a serial port.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- clink
- ConEmu
- Windows Command Prompt
- PowerShell
Cmder is an open-source replacement for the Windows command-line. It relies on ConEmu , extending it with the power of .
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
PowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework.
MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super easy to use, lightweight and portable.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- BSD
Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system. Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- Cygwin
tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or windows), each running a separate program, to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.
Terminator enables the user to run and manage multiple terminal emulators side-by-side in the same window. The main focus is arranging terminals in a grid. (Tabs is the most common default method, which Terminator also supports.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
Hyper™ is a beautiful and extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards. It provides an elegant command-line experience that is consistent across all supported platforms which includes macOS, Windows and various Linux distributions like Fedora and Debian.
Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users.
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
- zsh
- Bash
Ready to go. Termux works directly with no rooting or setup required. At first start a minimal base system is installed automatically - you decide what to do next.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) which of the standard shells most resembles the Korn shell (ksh); its compatibility with the 1988 Korn shell has been gradually increasing.
KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.
GNOME Terminal is a terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment written by Havoc Pennington and others. Terminal emulators allow users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical desktop.[
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Fish is a user friendly command line shell for UNIX-like operating systems such as Linux.