FbTerm Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to FbTerm for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Alacritty, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to FbTerm and 14 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to FbTerm are Terminator, GNOME Terminal, foot and ST - Simple Terminal.

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  1. 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.

    91 Alacritty alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  2. Terminator icon
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    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.

    94 Terminator alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
     
  3. GNOME Terminal icon
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    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.

    76 GNOME Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
     
  4. foot icon
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    Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator. Supports daemon mode, Sixel, and scrollback search.

    78 foot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
     
  6. 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.

    69 xterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Tilix icon
     32 likes

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

    82 Tilix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. MATE Terminal icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenIndiana
    • GhostBSD
     
  11. RXVT icon
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    RXVT –our extended virtual terminal– is a terminal emulator for X11. It is a popular replacement for the standard ‘xterm’.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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