Cool Retro Term Alternatives for Windows

Cool Retro Term is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is Tabby, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Cool Retro Term and 19 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Cool Retro Term are Windows Terminal, Alacritty, Tess and Hyper.

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

    106 Tabby alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    Comments about Tabby as an Alternative to Cool Retro Term
    Hragos
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    Tabby Terminal is not good alternative for Cool Retro Term, because Tabby Terminal is just open-source terminal emulator, while Cool Retro Term is terminal emulator which mimics old CRT screens.

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    • Tabby is the most popular Windows alternative to Cool Retro Term.

    • Tabby is Free and Open SourceCool Retro Term is also Free and Open Source
    • Tabby is Customizable and LightweightCool Retro Term is not according to our users
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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...

    103 Windows Terminal alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
  3. Alacritty icon
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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.

    84 Alacritty alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. Tess icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Hyper icon
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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.

    96 Hyper alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
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    Comments about Hyper as an Alternative to Cool Retro Term
    David
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    Hyper is one of the few terminals that can somewhat mimic CRT's style, using custom CSS tweaks. CRT is easier to customize though.

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    • Hyper is Free and Open SourceCool Retro Term is also Free and Open Source
    • Hyper is CustomizableCool Retro Term is not according to our users
  6. Wave Terminal icon
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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.

    68 Wave Terminal alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Windows
     
  7. WezTerm icon
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    A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

    101 WezTerm alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  8. Termora icon
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    Termora is developed using Kotlin/JVM and partially implements the XTerm protocol (with ongoing improvements). Its ultimate vision is to achieve full platform support (including Android, iOS, and iPadOS) through Kotlin Multiplatform.

    58 Termora alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
  9. ForceTerm icon
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    Fully featured terminal based on JediTerm.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Java
     
  10. Extraterm icon
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    Extraterm is more than just a traditional terminal emulator. It provides a toolbox for working with your terminal and command line applications, allowing you to capture and reuse previous command output across your terminal sessions, preview images and rich media directly, and...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Cygwin
     
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