Black Box AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like Black Box

Black Box is described as 'Native terminal emulator that offers superb theming options' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Black Box for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows and GNOME apps. The best Black Box alternative is Tabby Terminal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Black Box are Kitty terminal, Alacritty, Terminator and GNOME Terminal.

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Black Box

Terminal Emulator
Free • Open Source

Black Box is a native terminal emulator that offers superb theming options.

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Black Box alternatives page was last updated Feb 11, 2023

Tabby Terminal
Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.
94 Tabby Terminal alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top Tabby Terminal Features
1. SSH
2. Command line interface
3. Support for SFTP
4. Multiple Servers
5. Customizable
6. Portable
7. Dark Mode
8. Serial-port
9. Syntax Highlighting
10. Ad-free
11. Support for Themes
12. Works Offline
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- Tabby Terminal is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Black Box.
- Tabby Terminal is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Black Box.
- Tabby Terminal is Free and Open SourceBlack Box is also Free and Open Source
- Tabby Terminal is CustomizableBlack Box is not according to our users

Kitty terminal
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...
77 Kitty terminal alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
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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Alacritty
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.
74 Alacritty alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Alacritty Features
1. Lightweight
2. GPU Support
3. Optimal performance
4. No input delay
5. Portable
6. Command line interface
7. Support for scripting
8. Support for Themes
9. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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Terminator
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.
82 Terminator alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- GNOME
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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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GNOME Terminal
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.
65 GNOME Terminal alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- GNOME
GNOME Terminal Features
Command line interface
Lightweight
Background transparency
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Hyper
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.
89 Hyper alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
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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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Yakuake
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.
36 Yakuake alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE
- Flathub
Yakuake Features
1. Dropdown terminal
2. Split tabs
3. Make window transparent
4. KDE
5. Tabbed interface
6. Lightweight
7. Quake-style
8. Built-in search engine
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Konsole
Konsole is a terminal to run a command shell. It provides a command line interface for directly controlling your computer.
60 Konsole alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- KDE
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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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WezTerm
A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust
89 WezTerm alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top WezTerm Features
1. GPU Acceleration
2. Configurable
3. Lua scripting
4. Support for Themes
5. Hyperlinks
6. Lightweight
7. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
8. Support for scripting
9. Font Ligature Support
10. WSL integreation
11. Split tabs
12. Multi panel
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GNOME Console
A simple user-friendly terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop.
56 GNOME Console alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Linux
- GNOME
GNOME Console Features
Command line interface
Lightweight
Gtk
User friendly
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Cool Retro Term
Terminal emulator which mimics the look and feel of the old cathode tube screens, designed for eye-candy with lots of graphic options.
49 Cool Retro Term alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
Cool Retro Term Features
1. Command line interface
2. Support for Themes
3. Works Offline
4. Dark Mode
5. No registration required
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Xfce4-Terminal
Xfce Terminal is a lightweight and easy to use terminal emulator application with many advanced features including drop down, tabs, unlimited scrolling, full colors, fonts, transparent backgrounds, and more.
53 Xfce4-Terminal alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- Xfce
Xfce4-Terminal Features
1. Lightweight
2. Command line interface
3. Tabbed interface
4. Dropdown terminal
5. Ad-free
6. No registration required
7. Works Offline
8. Dark Mode
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