GNOME Terminal AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like GNOME Terminal
GNOME Terminal is described as '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' and is a very popular terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GNOME Terminal for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and GNOME apps. The best GNOME Terminal alternative is Tabby Terminal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNOME Terminal are ConEmu, Windows Terminal, Termux and PowerShell.
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94 Tabby Terminal alternativesTabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.
Top Tabby Terminal Features
- SSH
- Command line interface
- Support for SFTP
- Multiple Servers
- Customizable
- Portable
- Dark Mode
- Serial-port
- Syntax Highlighting
- Ad-free
- Support for Themes
- Works Offline
Tabby Terminal VS GNOME Terminal
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54 ConEmu alternativesWindows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.
Top ConEmu Features
- Tabbed interface
- Shell integration
- Customizable
- Quake-style
- ANSI color support
- Split-screen view
- Multi-tabs
- Portable
- Multiple window layouts
- Command line interface
- Support environment variables
- Remote Debugging
ConEmu VS GNOME Terminal
Is ConEmu a good alternative to GNOME Terminal?Comments about ConEmu as an Alternative to GNOME Terminal
PavelRSadly, full-screen text applications are not working well. Midnight Commander flickers. Tig shows inconsistent colors (e.g. blue turning purple for some words).
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94 Windows Terminal alternativesWindows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...
Top Windows Terminal Features
- Tabbed interface
- Multiple shells
- WSL integreation
- Background transparency
- Configured in JSON
- Customizable
- Command line interface
- Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
- Multiple window layouts
- Support for scripting
- Support for Themes
- Dark Mode
Windows Terminal VS GNOME Terminal
Is Windows Terminal a good alternative to GNOME Terminal?Comments about Windows Terminal as an Alternative to GNOME Terminal
PavelRA lot of features, a lot of options, but mouse selection with Shift cannot be configured the way it works in Linux terminals (i.e. selection without reporting mouse events to the application).
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95 Termux alternativesReady to go. Termux works directly with no rooting or setup required. At first start a minimal base system is installed automatically - you decide what to do next.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
- zsh
- Bash
Termux Features
- Command line interface
- Support for scripting
- Integrated into iOS
- MD5 signature
Termux VS GNOME Terminal
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64 PowerShell alternativesPowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework.
PowerShell Features
- Support for scripting
- PowerShell Scripting
- Optimized for Windows
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Autocompletion
PowerShell VS GNOME Terminal
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77 iTerm2 alternativesiTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. It works on Macs with macOS 10.10 or newer. iTerm2 brings the terminal into the modern age with features you never knew you always wanted.
Top iTerm2 Features
- Customizable
- SSH
- Integrated Search
- Key binding
- Supports Python
- Support for scripting
- Lightweight
- Notifications
- Clean design
- Multiple Profiles
- Split windows
- Quake-style
iTerm2 VS GNOME Terminal
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103 MobaXterm alternativesMobaXterm is an enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super easy to use, lightweight and portable.
Top MobaXterm Features
- X server
- Support for SFTP
- SSH
- Tabbed interface
- Embedded Xserver
- Portable
- RDP Functionality
- Multiple Terminal
- Support for Multiple protocols
- Built-in File Manager
- Windows Explorer Extension
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
MobaXterm VS GNOME Terminal
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77 Kitty terminal alternativesKitty ( not to be confused with KiTTY ) is a powerful, cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator. It offloads rendering to the GPU and uses OpenGL for fast, cross-platform performance with built-in tiling layouts as well as graphic, unicode...
Top Kitty terminal Features
- GPU based
- Font Ligature Support
- Split-screen view
- Command line interface
- Tiling Layouts
- Lightweight
- Keyboard focused
- Full keyboard shortcuts
- Support for Themes
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Syntax Highlighting
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74 Alacritty alternativesAlacritty 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.
Alacritty Features
- Lightweight
- GPU Support
- Optimal performance
- No input delay
- Portable
- Command line interface
- Support for scripting
- Support for Themes
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Alacritty VS GNOME Terminal
Is Alacritty a good alternative to GNOME Terminal?Comments about Alacritty as an Alternative to GNOME Terminal
BarrettAlacritty has better performance and customization. However, the feature-set is limited in comparison to GNOME Terminal
0PavelRVersion 0.11.0 has a Windows installer. However, the config file is not installed, it needs to be copied from git. The default color scheme is poor. Generally, it's not ready for beginners yet, but it can be configured properly. It has no tabs, an important feature for me.
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82 Terminator alternativesTerminator 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.
Terminator Features
- Split-screen view
- Support for Themes
- Function Key Shortcuts
- Tiling Layouts
- Lightweight
- Support for Multiple Monitors
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Split windows
- Multiple Terminal
- Configurable
Terminator VS GNOME Terminal
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60 Konsole alternativesKonsole is a terminal to run a command shell. It provides a command line interface for directly controlling your computer.
Konsole Features
- Multi-tabs
- Customizable
- Dual Pane Support
- Lightweight
- Support for Themes
- Color Palette
- Tiling Layouts
Konsole VS GNOME Terminal
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58 Wave Terminal alternativesWave is an open-source, AI-native terminal built for seamless developer workflows with inline rendering, a modern UI, and persistent sessions.
Top Wave Terminal Features
- Privacy focused
- Syntax Highlighting
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Support for MarkDown
- No registration required
- Command line interface
- Works Offline
- Lightweight
- Ad-free
- Dark Mode
- Comma Separated Values
- AI-Powered
Wave Terminal VS GNOME Terminal
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Comments about Tabby Terminal as an Alternative to GNOME Terminal
Good alternative in general, but I cannot configure text selection with Shift and mouse. It extends the existing selection instead of just selecting the text.