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 Tabby, 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 many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to GNOME Terminal are Windows Terminal, PowerShell, ConEmu and MobaXterm.

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  1. Tabby icon
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    Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.

    106 Tabby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Tabby as an Alternative to GNOME Terminal
    PavelR
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    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.

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    • Tabby is the most popular Windows alternative to GNOME Terminal.

    • Tabby is Free and Open SourceGNOME Terminal is also Free and Open Source
    • Tabby is CustomizableGNOME Terminal is not according to our users
  2. 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...

    103 Windows Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about Windows Terminal as an Alternative to GNOME Terminal
    PavelR
    0

    A 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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    • Windows Terminal is Free and Open SourceGNOME Terminal is also Free and Open Source
    • Windows Terminal is CustomizableGNOME Terminal is not according to our users
  3. PowerShell icon
     200 likes

    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.

    68 PowerShell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
     
  4. ConEmu icon
     386 likes

    Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.

    62 ConEmu alternatives

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    • Windows
     
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    Comments about ConEmu as an Alternative to GNOME Terminal
    PavelR
    0

    Sadly, 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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    • ConEmu is Free and Open SourceGNOME Terminal is also Free and Open Source
    • ConEmu is CustomizableGNOME Terminal is not according to our users
  5. MobaXterm icon
     226 likes

    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.

    115 MobaXterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Alacritty icon
     70 likes

    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.

    84 Alacritty alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Comments about Alacritty as an Alternative to GNOME Terminal
    Barrett
    Positive
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    Alacritty has better performance and customization. However, the feature-set is limited in comparison to GNOME Terminal

    PavelR
    0

    Version 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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    • Alacritty is Free and Open SourceGNOME Terminal is also Free and Open Source
  7. Tess icon
     16 likes

    Tess is a terminal emulator. It lets you have a full access to your computer, use command line based programs and many more.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. WezTerm icon
     21 likes

    A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

    101 WezTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about WezTerm as an Alternative to GNOME Terminal
    PavelR
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    0

    I 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.

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    • WezTerm is Free and Open SourceGNOME Terminal is also Free and Open Source
  9. Hyper icon
     82 likes

    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.

    96 Hyper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
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    Comments about Hyper as an Alternative to GNOME Terminal
    PavelR
    0

    Beautiful 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.

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    • Hyper is Free and Open SourceGNOME Terminal is also Free and Open Source
    • Hyper is CustomizableGNOME Terminal is not according to our users
  10. Termora icon
     8 likes

    Termora is developed using Kotlin/JVM and partially implements the XTerm protocol (with ongoing improvements). Its ultimate vision is to achieve full platform support (including Android, iOS, and iPadOS) through Kotlin Multiplatform.

    58 Termora alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
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