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  1. PuTTY icon
     1450 likes

    Free and open-source terminal emulator supporting SSH, Telnet, and SCP. Portable, lightweight, and works offline to connect to remote systems securely.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
    • Flathub
    PuTTY screenshot 1
    Tunnels interface
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    115 alternatives
    4.0
    Very Good15 reviews
  2. Ghostty icon
     58 likes

    Cross-platform terminal emulator combining fast GPU acceleration, native UI, and modern features for interactive CLI environments, fully compliant.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
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    58 alternatives
  3. Tabby icon
     118 likes

    Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    106 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good21 reviews
  4. Termux icon
     115 likes

    Access a full Unix environment on Android without rooting. Automate tasks with command-line tools, ssh, and package installs via Apt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • zsh
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell
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    102 alternatives
    4.5
    Excellent10 reviews
  5. Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    White and dark theme showcase
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    +3
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    103 alternatives
  6. Cmder icon
     241 likes

    Cmder is an open-source replacement for the Windows command-line. It relies on ConEmu , extending it with the power of clink and some great looking defaults including a Monokai color scheme and custom prompt...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • clink
    • ConEmu
    • Windows Command Prompt
    • PowerShell
    Cmder screenshot 1
    Vim
    Split View
    40 alternatives
  7. ConEmu icon
     386 likes

    Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    ConEmu screenshot 1
    Alpha transparency in ConEmu
    +2
    Windows 7 Jump list
    62 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good18 reviews
  8. MobaXterm icon
     227 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MobaXterm tabbed terminal
    Graphical SFTP browser
    Multi-execution
    +7
    Remote Unix desktop (XDMCP)
    115 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good11 reviews
  9. Kitty terminal icon
     57 likes

    Kitty ( not to be confused with KiTTY ) is a powerful, cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator. It offloads rendering to the GPU and uses OpenGL for fast, cross-platform performance with built-in tiling layouts as well as graphic, unicode...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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    Kitty terminal screenshot 1
    84 alternatives
    4.9
    Excellent7 reviews
  10. ReTerminal icon
     19 likes

    ReTerminal is a sleek, Material 3-inspired terminal emulator designed as a modern alternative to the legacy Jackpal Terminal. Built on Termux's robust TerminalView.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    57 alternatives
  11. iTerm2 icon
     173 likes

    Terminal emulator for macOS supporting split panes, session restoration, advanced search, inline images, SSH connections, automation, and tmux integration.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    By Itself
    Autocomplete
    Split Panes
    +9
    Paste History
    86 alternatives
  12. Alacritty icon
     70 likes

    Alacritty is a blazing fast, GPU accelerated terminal emulator. It’s written in Rust and uses OpenGL for rendering to be the fastest terminal emulator available. Alacritty is available on GitHub in source form.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Alacritty screenshot 1
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    84 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good9 reviews
  13. Terminator icon
     166 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
    Terminator is running Vim, Bash, and Python side by side.
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    +1
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    89 alternatives
  14. Konsole icon
     74 likes

    Konsole is a terminal to run a command shell. It provides a command line interface for directly controlling your computer.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • KDE
    Konsole screenshot 1
    Some of Konsole's new features in 20.08 release.
    Dolphin using the integrate Konsole widget.
    +3
    Konsole supports multiple tabs per windows.
    71 alternatives
  15. Tess icon
     16 likes

    Tess is a terminal emulator. It lets you have a full access to your computer, use command line based programs and many more.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    +4
    Tess screenshot 3
    63 alternatives
  16. GNOME Terminal icon
     160 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
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    72 alternatives
  17. Warp Terminal icon
     24 likes

    Warp is a blazingly fast, Rust-based terminal that makes you and your team more productive at coding and DevOps.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    +13
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    26 alternatives
  18. Yakuake icon
     94 likes

    Yakuake is a drop-down (Quake-style) terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
    • Flathub
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    43 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent6 reviews
  19. Hyper icon
     81 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    Splitting terminals
    Windows running WSL
    Windows running Powershell and Oh My Posh
    +3
    Windows running CMD
    96 alternatives
    2.4
    Poor10 reviews
  20. WezTerm icon
     20 likes

    A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    101 alternatives
  21. Termora icon
     8 likes

    Termora is developed using Kotlin/JVM and partially implements the XTerm protocol (with ongoing improvements). Its ultimate vision is to achieve full platform support (including Android, iOS, and iPadOS) through Kotlin Multiplatform.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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    58 alternatives
  22. Termius icon
     36 likes

    Termius is more than a mere SSH client – it’s a complete command-line solution that’s redefining remote access for sysadmins and network engineers. Securely access Linux or IoT devices and quickly fix issues from the comfort of your couch via laptop or phone.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    Termius screenshot 1
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    +9
    Termius screenshot 3
    57 alternatives
  23. Wave Terminal icon
     16 likes

    Wave is an open-source, AI-native terminal built for seamless developer workflows with inline rendering, a modern UI, and persistent sessions.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    Render images inline with Wave plugins.
    Our integrated editor, codeedit—leveraging Monaco, the engine behind VSCode—enables inline editing of both local and remote files.
    Wave AI in the command box.
    +3
    Render PDFs inline with Wave plugins.
    68 alternatives