cmux Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   Sakura

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   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

   • Terminal Emulator

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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   MacTerm

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   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

   • Terminal Emulator

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

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   Termux Monet

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   A terminal emulator application for Android 8+ OS extendible by variety of packages, with Monet support and experimental features.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Terminal Emulator

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Android

   

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   Nodeterm

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   Node-based terminal manager for AI coding agents — tmux-backed terminals and parallel agent sessions as draggable nodes on an infinite pan/zoom canvas. macOS, Linux, and a browser Server Edition.

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Source Available (BUSL-1.1)

   Application type

   • Terminal Emulator

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • iPhone

   

   

   

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6. 

   

   Holler Bell

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   Holler Bell is a free desktop app that runs Claude Code, Codex, shells and SSH sessions in one window. When an agent finishes and waits for you, it shows you which session it is: the session gets an amber mark and a notification, and the waiting count goes up.

   1 Holler Bell alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Terminal Emulator

   Origin

   • Czechia
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Mac

   • Czechia
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Reach SSH

    1 like

   A free, open-source SSH client with SFTP, remote desktop, port tunneling and built-in database tools, for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • SSH Client

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Android

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

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   Splitlane

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   Splitlane is a native desktop app for supervising several CLI coding agents at once. Each agent runs in a real terminal pane, as it would in your own terminal. Splitlane shows which session is working, which has finished and which is stopped on a question for you.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux

   

   

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    gvmux

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    A native macOS terminal built on libghostty, Ghostty's terminal engine, with vertical tabs and split panes. You get Ghostty's rendering, fonts, themes and config, in a different window layout.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Terminal Emulator

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

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    Yorishiro

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    Yorishiro is a new kind of terminal that gives your AI a body — and a sense of presence.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Terminal Emulator

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew

    

    

    

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    Ctrl-V Terminal

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    A modern MobaXterm/PuTTY alternative for Windows: tabbed SSH + VNC, a full SFTP file manager, and Ctrl+V to paste images straight into a remote terminal over SFTP.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Terminal Emulator
    • SSH Client

    Origin

    • Netherlands
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • Netherlands
    • EU

    

    

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    Northshell

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    Free, open-source MobaXterm alternative for macOS: SSH client and terminal with an SFTP file browser, remote file editor and agentless server monitoring.

    51 Northshell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Terminal Emulator
    • SSH Client

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

    

    

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    agent-manager

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    Local Go/tmux TUI to spawn, switch, and supervise multiple AI coding agents in parallel with live status, quick prompts, and in-terminal diff review.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application type

    • Terminal Emulator

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    

    

    

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