Ghostty Alternatives

Ghostty is described as 'Cross-platform terminal emulator combining fast GPU acceleration, native UI, and modern features for interactive CLI environments, fully compliant' and is a popular terminal emulator in the system & hardware category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Ghostty for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Ghostty alternative is Tabby, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ghostty are Termux, Windows Terminal, MobaXterm and iTerm2.

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Ghostty alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators, but if you're looking for Shells or SSH Clients you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Ghostty.
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  1. Qonsole icon
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    "A Quake-like Console Emulator." Proudly under the MIT License.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. BossTerm icon
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    Pure Kotlin terminal emulator. Works with SSH and PTY.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
  3. Rio Terminal icon
     1 like

    Hardware-accelerated terminal emulator using WebGPU for smooth high frame rates, customizable GPU usage, asynchronous Rust foundation, efficient redux-based rendering, WebAssembly extensibility for tab systems, and both desktop and browser support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Flatpak
     
  4. TEXTREME icon
     4 likes

    TEXTREME is a lively, animated text editor with the feel of a retro videogame complete with sounds and game-like visual effects. The screen shakes as you type while particle effects decorate new characters.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Beam is a terminal organizer for macOS that helps developers manage multiple terminal sessions across different projects.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Yorishiro icon
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    Yorishiro is a new kind of terminal that gives your AI a body — and a sense of presence.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  7. Termio icon
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    Modern terminal and SSH manager with AI, workspaces, and full privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  8. Command Book is a native Swift/Swift UI app to help developers run and manage commands that traditionally have been run in the terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Ratty icon
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    A GPU-rendered terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics. Inspired by TempleOS. Built with Rust & Ratatui.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Rust
     
  10.  Like

    minimal terminal emulator for wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  11. cterm icon
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    cterm is a tiny terminal emulator I built from frustrations of not being able to use st across different platforms. Much like st, it is very, very small--even smaller than st. For this reason, however, cterm does not have the "standard" terminal emulator features such...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (ISC)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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