Android Terminal Emulator Alternatives

Android Terminal Emulator has been discontinued. Similar apps include Tabby, which is free and open source. Other options are Termux, PowerShell, Windows Terminal and ConEmu. There's no shortage of Terminal Emulators like Android Terminal Emulator, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPhone.

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  1. FireSSH icon
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    FireSSH is a free, cross-platform SSH terminal client for Mozilla Firefox. Written entirely in Javascript!

    71 FireSSH alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Waterfox
    • Pale Moon
    • Firefox
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  2. Terminology icon
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    Terminology is a terminal emulator for e17.

    What does it do?

    It emulates a slightly extended vt100 with some extensions and bling thrown in.

    Most escapes supported by xterm, rxvt etc. work Xterm 256 color escapes work Backgrounds (bitmap, scalable/vector, animated.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  3. LXTerminal icon
     16 likes

    LXTerminal is the standard terminal emulator of LXDE. The terminal is a desktop-independent VTE-based terminal emulator for LXDE without any unnecessary dependency.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. iSH icon
     10 likes

    A project to get a Linux shell running on iOS, using usermode x86 emulation and syscall translation.

    10 iSH alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • US flagUnited States
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  5. Blink Shell icon
     9 likes

    Blink Shell is the professional, desktop-grade terminal emulator for iOS. It's a full-featured and highly configurable open-source terminal that can be compiled from the source at GitHub or purchased as a pre-compiled app from the App Store to support the developers.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  6. Sakura icon
     13 likes

    sakura is a terminal emulator based on GTK and VTE. It's a terminal emulator with few dependencies, so you don't need a full GNOME desktop installed to have a decent terminal emulator. Current terminal emulators based on VTE are gnome-terminal, XFCE Terminal, TermIt and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7. A super lightweight, beautiful, and simple terminal. It's designed to be setup with sane defaults and little to no configuration. It's just a terminal, nothing more, nothing less.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. MacTerm icon
     7 likes

    MacTerm (was MacTelnet) on OS X is now a complete replacement for Terminal, allowing access to both local and remote applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. RXVT icon
     6 likes

    RXVT –our extended virtual terminal– is a terminal emulator for X11. It is a popular replacement for the standard ‘xterm’.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. z/Scope icon
     8 likes

    z/Scope is a multi-protocol, multi-host terminal emulator that provides access to multiple terminal-based applications in a way that is familiar to every user, using a modern tabbed interface.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
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  11. TEXTREME icon
     4 likes

    TEXTREME is a lively, animated text editor with the feel of a retro videogame complete with sounds and game-like visual effects. The screen shakes as you type while particle effects decorate new characters.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. MATE Terminal icon
     4 likes

    MATE Terminal is a terminal emulator for the MATE desktop environment. Terminal emulators allow users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical desktop

    66 MATE Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenIndiana
    • GhostBSD
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