GNOME Terminal Alternatives for Windows
GNOME Terminal is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is ConEmu, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to GNOME Terminal and 18 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to GNOME Terminal are Tabby Terminal, PowerShell, MobaXterm and Windows Terminal.
GNOME Terminal alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators but may also be Shells or SSH Clients. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of GNOME Terminal.ConEmu
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo51 ConEmu alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Windows
Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.
- - ConEmu is the most popular Windows alternative to GNOME Terminal.
- - ConEmu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GNOME Terminal.
ConEmu Features
Comments about ConEmu as a 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).
0Tabby Terminal
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- SSH Client
84 Tabby Terminal alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.
- - Tabby Terminal is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to GNOME Terminal.
Tabby Terminal Features
Comments about Tabby Terminal as a Alternative to GNOME Terminal
PavelRGood alternative in general, but I cannot configure text selection with Shift and mouse. It extends the existing selection instead of just selecting the text.
0PowerShell
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
61 PowerShell alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
PowerShell (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
MobaXterm
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo98 MobaXterm alternatives- Freemium • Proprietary
- Terminal Emulator
- SSH Client
- Windows
MobaXterm 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.
MobaXterm Features
Windows Terminal
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo88 Windows Terminal alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Windows
Windows 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...
Windows Terminal Features
Comments about Windows Terminal as a 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).
0Alacritty
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
70 Alacritty alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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.
Alacritty Features
Comments about Alacritty as a 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.
0Hyper
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
81 Hyper alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
Hyper™ is a beautiful and extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards. It provides an elegant command-line experience that is consistent across all supported platforms which includes macOS, Windows and various Linux distributions like Fedora and Debian.
Hyper Features
Comments about Hyper as a Alternative to GNOME Terminal
PavelRBeautiful and powerful. I like configuration with the a file. But sadly, text selection with Shift is not working the way it does in Linux terminals, and there is no option to change it.
0WindTerm
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Proprietary
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
41 WindTerm alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
A professional SSH/Telnet/Serial/Shell/Sftp client for DevOps.
WindTerm Features
WezTerm
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo82 WezTerm alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust
WezTerm Features
Comments about WezTerm as a Alternative to GNOME Terminal
PavelRI tried all open-source programs in this list, and WezTerm is my choice. It has multiple tabs. It renders full-screen text interfaces correctly. It implements copy-and-paste in a Linux way and handles Shift properly. The only downside is that the configuration is a lua program, but it's well documented, and the configuration is a one-time effort.
0Fluent Terminal
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo77 Fluent Terminal alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Windows
Terminal emulator based on UWP and web technologies.
Fluent Terminal Features
Comments about Fluent Terminal as a Alternative to GNOME Terminal
PavelRFluent Terminal has tabs but no tiles, just like GNOME Terminal. The configuration GUI is good. Unfortunately, mouse reporting to the application is not working. Selecting text by the mouse with Shift is not working. The mouse cursor over the windows shows as a thin vertical line that is hard to spot.
0Extraterm
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
36 Extraterm alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Cygwin
Extraterm is more than just a traditional terminal emulator. It provides a toolbox for working with your terminal and command line applications, allowing you to capture and reuse previous command output across your terminal sessions, preview images and rich media directly, and...
Extraterm Features
Comments about Extraterm as a Alternative to GNOME Terminal
PavelRVersion 0.69 crashes on Windows 10 almost every time. When it didn't crash, mouse support for console applications wasn't working.
0Electerm
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- File Manager
57 Electerm alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
electerm is a terminal/ssh/sftp client(linux, mac, win) based on electron/node-pty/xterm/antd and many other libs, it works like a combination of guake and xshell.
Electerm Features