Black Box

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

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Cost / License

Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)

Application type

Terminal Emulator

Platforms

Linux
Flathub
Flatpak

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Bobby Coleman added Black Box as alternative to OmniPTY
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In-browser IDE supporting 50+ languages with an AI assistant, real-time collaboration, Git support, hosting, deployment, and live code sharing.

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Developed by
Paulo Queiroz
Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
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Supported Languages
- English

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Black Box was added to AlternativeTo by PostureQ1 on Jul 4, 2022 and this page was last updated Nov 27, 2025.

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Install from the command line

flatpak install flathub com.raggesilver.BlackBox

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is Black Box?

With Black Box you can:

-Set colors schemes and integrate them with the rest of the window -Customize font and size -Fully hide the window headerbar -Quickly open links and files by ctrl+clicking file paths and URLs -Easily paste file paths by dragging them into the window

This app is written in Vala and uses GTK 4, libadwaita, and VTE.