Extraterm Alternatives

Extraterm is described as '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' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Extraterm for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Extraterm alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Extraterm are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and iTerm2.

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  1. Xfce4-Terminal icon
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    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.

    66 Xfce4-Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
     
  2. xterm icon
     30 likes

    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.

    67 xterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. explainshell icon
     20 likes

    Get details on arguments for commandline tools through explainshell's sleek, web-based interface. The web app is totally free and source code is available for download through GitHub.

    10 explainshell alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Estraterm is a terminal emulator while explainshell is more like a command reference

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • explainshell is Free and Open SourceExtraterm is also Free and Open Source
  4. Tilix icon
     32 likes

    Tilix is a tiling terminal emulator which uses the VTE GTK+ 3 widget with the following features:

    78 Tilix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Levinux icon
     10 likes

    Levinux – A Tiny Version of Linux for Education

    Levinux (download ~20 MB) is a tiny virtual Linux server that runs from USB or Dropbox with a double-click (no install or admin rights required) on Macs, Windows or Linux PCs—making it the perfect learning environment, and way to r.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. upterm icon
     22 likes

    A terminal emulator for the 21st century. (formerly) Black Screen is a terminal emulator and interactive shell with auto-completion.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
  7. BossTerm icon
     1 like

    Pure Kotlin terminal emulator. Works with SSH and PTY.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
  8. rxvt-unicode icon
     29 likes

    Rxvt-unicode is a highly customizable terminal emulator forked from rxvt. Commonly known as urxvt, rxvt-unicode can be daemonized to run clients within a single process in order to minimize the use of system resources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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