Extraterm Alternatives

Apps similar to Extraterm include Ghostty, which is free and open source. Other options are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and Warp Terminal. There's no shortage of Terminal Emulators like Extraterm, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, self-hosting and the web.

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  1. iTerm icon
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    iTerm is a full featured terminal emulation program written for OS X using Cocoa. We are aiming at providing users with best command line experience under OS X. The letter i represents a native Apple look and feel of the program interface, and an emphasis on complete...

    96 iTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. KillerShell icon
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    KillerShell puts a file browser, a terminal and a text editor in one window, on one tab strip and one set of keys, so you stop alt-tabbing.

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    • Windows
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  3. xterm icon
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    The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly.

    86 xterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. Automatically tiles and organizes all terminal sessions in one native macOS window, scaling layouts from fullscreen to grid, grouping sessions by project with color-coding, enabling instant filtering, supporting any CLI tool, and requiring zero configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. Xfce4-Terminal icon
     38 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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  6. GNOME Console icon
     6 likes

    A simple user-friendly terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop.

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    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Linux Mobile
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  7. Ghostel icon
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    Ghostel is a terminal emulator for Emacs powered by libghostty-vt, the VT engine behind the Ghostty terminal.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • FreeBSD
    • BSD
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  8. Muxy icon
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    Muxy is a lightweight, memory-efficient terminal app for macOS, built with SwiftUI and libghostty. It offers a project-based workflow to organize terminals by project with persistent workspace state, vertical tabs with drag-and-drop reordering, pinning, and renaming, as well as...

    54 Muxy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. QTerminal icon
     7 likes

    QT-based multitab terminal emulator.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
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  10. Fluent Terminal icon
     12 likes

    Terminal emulator based on UWP and web technologies.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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