Alacritty AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like Alacritty

Alacritty is described as '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' and is a popular terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Alacritty for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and GNOME apps. The best Alacritty alternative is Tabby Terminal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Alacritty are Termux, Windows Terminal, iTerm2 and MobaXterm.

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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.

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Alacritty alternatives page was last updated Nov 1, 2024
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  1. Tabby Terminal icon
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    Tabby Terminal

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

    97 Tabby Terminal alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Top Tabby Terminal Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Support for SFTP
    4.  Multiple Servers
    5.  Customizable
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Serial-port
    8.  Portable
    9.  Support for Themes
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Ad-free
    12.  Syntax Highlighting
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    • Tabby Terminal is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Alacritty.

    • Tabby Terminal is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Alacritty.

    • Tabby Terminal is Free and Open SourceAlacritty is also Free and Open Source
    • Tabby Terminal is CustomizableAlacritty is not according to our users
  2. Termux icon
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    Termux

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    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.

    97 Termux alternatives
    htop running natively

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • zsh
    • Bash

    Termux Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Integrated into iOS
    4.  MD5 signature
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Ad-free
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    • Termux is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Alacritty.

    • Termux is Free and Open SourceAlacritty is also Free and Open Source
  4. Windows Terminal icon
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    Windows Terminal

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    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...

    96 Windows Terminal alternatives
    White and dark theme showcase

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Top Windows Terminal Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Multiple shells
    3.  WSL integreation
    4.  Background transparency
    5.  Configured in JSON
    6.  Customizable
    7.  Command line interface
    8.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    9.  Support for scripting
    10.  Support for Themes
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Ad-free
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  5. iTerm2 icon
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    iTerm2

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    iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. It works on Macs with macOS 10.10 or newer. iTerm2 brings the terminal into the modern age with features you never knew you always wanted.

    79 iTerm2 alternatives
    By Itself

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    Autocomplete
    Split Panes
    +9
    Paste History

    Top iTerm2 Features

    1.  Customizable
    2.  SSH
    3.  Integrated Search
    4.  Key binding
    5.  Supports Python
    6.  Support for scripting
    7.  Lightweight
    8.  Notifications
    9.  Clean design
    10.  Multiple Profiles
    11.  Split windows
    12.  Quake-style
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  6. MobaXterm icon
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    MobaXterm

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    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.

    106 MobaXterm alternatives
    MobaXterm tabbed terminal

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Graphical SFTP browser
    Multi-execution
    +7
    Remote Unix desktop (XDMCP)

    Top MobaXterm Features

    1.  X server
    2.  Support for SFTP
    3.  SSH
    4.  Tabbed interface
    5.  Embedded Xserver
    6.  Portable
    7.  RDP Functionality
    8.  Multiple Terminal
    9.  Support for Multiple protocols
    10.  Built-in File Manager
    11.  Windows Explorer Extension
    12.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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  7. Kitty terminal icon
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    Kitty terminal

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    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...

    79 Kitty terminal alternatives
    Kitty terminal screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Kitty terminal screenshot 1

    Top Kitty terminal Features

    1.  GPU based
    2.  Font Ligature Support
    3.  Split-screen view
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  Tiling Layouts
    6.  Lightweight
    7.  Keyboard focused
    8.  Full keyboard shortcuts
    9.  Support for Themes
    10.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    11.  Syntax Highlighting
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  9. GNOME Terminal icon
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    GNOME Terminal

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    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.

    67 GNOME Terminal alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME

    GNOME Terminal Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Background transparency
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  10. Terminator icon
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    Terminator

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    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.

    84 Terminator alternatives
    Terminator is running Vim, Bash, and Python side by side.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
    Terminator screenshot 1
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    +1
    Terminator screenshot 3

    Terminator Features

    1.  Split-screen view
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Function Key Shortcuts
    4.  Tiling Layouts
    5.  Lightweight
    6.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  Split windows
    9.  Multiple Terminal
    10.  Configurable
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  11. Tess icon
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    Tess

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

    55 Tess alternatives
    Tess screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Tess screenshot 3

    Top Tess Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Command line interface
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Support for Themes
    11.  Lightweight
    12.  Privacy focused
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  12. Wave Terminal icon
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    Wave Terminal

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

    59 Wave Terminal alternatives
    Render images inline with Wave plugins.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    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.

    Top Wave Terminal Features

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Support for MarkDown
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Lightweight
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Comma Separated Values
    12.  AI-Powered
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  13. Hyper icon
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    Hyper

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    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.

    91 Hyper alternatives
    Splitting terminals

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    Windows running WSL
    Windows running Powershell and Oh My Posh
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    Windows running CMD

    Top Hyper Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Electron based
    5.  Split-screen view
    6.  Clean design
    7.  Tiling Panes
    8.  Uses Packages
    9.  Plugin API
    10.  Divisible
    11.  Skinnable
    12.  Customizable
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    Konsole

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

    62 Konsole alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • KDE
    Some of Konsole's new features in 20.08 release.
    Dolphin using the integrate Konsole widget.
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    Konsole supports multiple tabs per windows.

    Konsole Features

    1.  Multi-tabs
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Dual Pane Support
    4.  Lightweight
    5.  Support for Themes
    6.  Color Palette
    7.  Tiling Layouts
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