GNOME Console Alternatives

Apps similar to GNOME Console include Ghostty, which is free and open source. Other options are Tabby, Termux, PowerShell and Windows Terminal. Terminal Emulators like GNOME Console are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPhone.

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GNOME Console alternatives page was last updated Sep 29, 2026

Cathode
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Cathode is a fully customizable terminal app with a look inspired by classic computers.
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
United States
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
iPhone
iPad
United States
+3
Good alternative?Is Cathode a good alternative to GNOME Console?
Another Term
2 likes
SSH / Telnet / UART dongles (USB and Bluetooth) / own PTY client for Android.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Platforms
Android
+3
Good alternative?Is Another Term a good alternative to GNOME Console?
Oxide Terminal
1 like
Oxide Terminal is a native macOS and Linux terminal emulator, written entirely in Rust. GPU-rendered on GPUI, with a file-tree drawer you drive like vim and a status bar that knows where your shell is.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Homebrew
Linux
Arch Linux
United States
+3
Good alternative?Is Oxide Terminal a good alternative to GNOME Console?
Ratty
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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)
Origin
Türkiye
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Rust
Türkiye
+4
Good alternative?Is Ratty a good alternative to GNOME Console?
Reach SSH
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A free, open-source SSH client with SFTP, remote desktop, port tunneling and built-in database tools, for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
51 Reach SSH alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Terminal Emulator
SSH Client
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Windows
Mac
Linux
Android
Germany
EU
Good alternative?Is Reach SSH a good alternative to GNOME Console?
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havoc
Like
minimal terminal emulator for wayland.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
Wayland
H
Good alternative?Is havoc a good alternative to GNOME Console?
DumbTerm
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A stupidly simple web-based terminal emulator, with common tools and Starship enabled (via Docker)!
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Platforms
Self-Hosted
Docker
Good alternative?Is DumbTerm a good alternative to GNOME Console?
cterm
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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
Terminal Emulator
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
Linux
BSD
Good alternative?Is cterm a good alternative to GNOME Console?
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YAET
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YAET is a terminal emulator built on Xterm.js and Electron. It can interpret escape sequences that allow shell scripts and other programs to write HTML content directly to the terminal, or display content from the web.
53 YAET alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
International
Platforms
npm
Node.JS
Mac
Linux
Windows
BSD
Global
Y
Good alternative?Is YAET a good alternative to GNOME Console?
Yorishiro
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Yorishiro is a new kind of terminal that gives your AI a body — and a sense of presence.
52 Yorishiro alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Platforms
Mac
Homebrew
+3
Good alternative?Is Yorishiro a good alternative to GNOME Console?
Ctrl-V Terminal
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A modern MobaXterm/PuTTY alternative for Windows: tabbed SSH + VNC, a full SFTP file manager, and Ctrl+V to paste images straight into a remote terminal over SFTP.
53 Ctrl-V Terminal alternatives
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Terminal Emulator
SSH Client
Origin
Netherlands
EU
Platforms
Windows
Netherlands
EU
Good alternative?Is Ctrl-V Terminal a good alternative to GNOME Console?
vnm_terminal
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vnm_terminal is a free, open-source terminal emulator for Windows and Linux, with GPU-accelerated rendering and one terminal session per window.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
Cyprus
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Cyprus
EU
Good alternative?Is vnm_terminal a good alternative to GNOME Console?