FbTerm AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like FbTerm

FbTerm is described as 'Fast terminal emulator for linux with frame buffer device or VESA video card. Features include:' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to FbTerm for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows and GNOME apps. The best FbTerm alternative is Alacritty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FbTerm are Terminator, GNOME Terminal, foot and xterm.

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FbTerm is a fast terminal emulator for linux with frame buffer device or VESA video card. Features include:

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FbTerm alternatives page was last updated Jun 9, 2020
  1. Alacritty icon
     64 likes

    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.

    80 Alacritty alternatives
    Alacritty screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  GPU Support
    2.  No input delay
    3.  Portable
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    Alacritty iconFbTerm Icon

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    • Alacritty is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to FbTerm.

    • Alacritty is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to FbTerm.

    • Alacritty is Free and Open SourceFbTerm is also Free and Open Source
    • Alacritty is LightweightFbTerm is not according to our users
  2. Terminator icon
     163 likes

    Terminator enables the user to run and manage multiple terminal emulators side-by-side in the same window. The main focus is arranging terminals in a grid. (Tabs is the most common default method, which Terminator also supports.

    85 Terminator alternatives
    Terminator is running Vim, Bash, and Python side by side.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Split-screen view
    4.  Function Key Shortcuts
    5.  Tiling Layouts
    6.  Split windows
    7.  Multiple Terminal
    Terminator iconFbTerm Icon

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  3. GNOME Terminal icon
     158 likes

    GNOME Terminal is a terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment written by Havoc Pennington and others. Terminal emulators allow users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical desktop.

    68 GNOME Terminal alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Background transparency
    GNOME Terminal iconFbTerm Icon

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  4. foot icon
     8 likes

    Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator. Supports daemon mode, Sixel, and scrollback search.

    66 foot alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    foot iconFbTerm Icon

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  5. 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.

    57 xterm alternatives
    xterm screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    xterm iconFbTerm Icon

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  6. Xfce4-Terminal icon
     36 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.

    56 Xfce4-Terminal alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Tabbed interface
    3.  Dropdown terminal
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Dark Mode
    Xfce4-Terminal iconFbTerm Icon

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  7. ST - Simple Terminal icon
     19 likes

    st is a simple terminal implementation for X.

    51 ST - Simple Terminal alternatives
    ST - Simple Terminal screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Portable
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  GPU Acceleration
    ST - Simple Terminal iconFbTerm Icon

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  8. Tilix icon
     31 likes

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

    67 Tilix alternatives
    Tilix screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Tilix Features

    1.  Split-screen view
    2.  Dropdown terminal
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  9. LXTerminal icon
     15 likes

    LXTerminal is the standard terminal emulator of LXDE. The terminal is a desktop-independent VTE-based terminal emulator for LXDE without any unnecessary dependency.

    60 LXTerminal alternatives
    LXTerminal screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    LXTerminal iconFbTerm Icon

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  10. Pantheon Terminal icon
     13 likes

    A super lightweight, beautiful, and simple terminal. It's designed to be setup with sane defaults and little to no configuration. It's just a terminal, nothing more, nothing less.

    57 Pantheon Terminal alternatives
    Pantheon Terminal running YouTube Music Player mpsyt

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Pantheon Terminal iconFbTerm Icon

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  11. Android Terminal Emulator icon
     9 likes

    Android-Terminal-Emulator - A VT-100 terminal emulator for the Android OS.

    51 Android Terminal Emulator alternatives
    Android Terminal Emulator screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android

    Android Terminal Emulator Features

    1.  Command line interface
    Discontinued

    Github repository has been archived by the owner on Jan 14, 2022.

    Android Terminal Emulator iconFbTerm Icon

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    • Android Terminal Emulator is the most popular Android alternative to FbTerm.

    • Android Terminal Emulator is Free and Open SourceFbTerm is also Free and Open Source
  12. MATE Terminal icon
     4 likes

    MATE Terminal is a terminal emulator for the MATE desktop environment. Terminal emulators allow users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical...

    56 MATE Terminal alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenIndiana
    • GhostBSD
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