GtkTerm AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like GtkTerm

GtkTerm is described as 'Gtkterm is a simple GTK+ terminal used to communicate with a serial port. It is has fewer features than minicom, but is designed to be as easy to use as possible' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to GtkTerm for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Cygwin apps. The best GtkTerm alternative is RealTerm, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GtkTerm are CoolTerm, CuteCom, YAT - Yet Another Terminal and Minicom.

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Gtkterm is a simple GTK+ terminal used to communicate with a serial port. It is has fewer features than minicom, but is...

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  1. RealTerm icon
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    RealTerm is a terminal program specially designed for capturing, controlling and debugging binary and other difficult data streams. It is far better for debugging comms than HyperTerminal. It has no support for dialing modems, BBS, etc. - that is what HyperTerminal does.

    18 RealTerm alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The latest version (2.0.0.70) is from 2014.

    RealTerm Features

    1.  Serial-port
    2.  Serial terminal
    3.  Debugging
    4.  Timestamps

    RealTerm VS GtkTerm

     
    • RealTerm is the most popular Windows alternative to GtkTerm.

    • RealTerm is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GtkTerm.

    • RealTerm is Free and Open SourceGtkTerm is also Free and Open Source
  2. CoolTerm icon
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    CoolTerm is a simple serial port terminal application (no terminal emulation) that is geared towards hobbyists and professionals with a need to exchange data with hardware connected to serial ports such as servo controllers, robotic kits, GPS receivers, microcontrollers, etc.

    25 CoolTerm alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    CoolTerm Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Serial-port
    3.  ASCII to Hex

    CoolTerm VS GtkTerm

     
    • CoolTerm is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to GtkTerm.

    • CoolTerm is Free and ProprietaryGtkTerm is Free and Open Source
  3. CuteCom icon
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    CuteCom is a graphical serial terminal aimed mainly at hardware developers or other people who need a terminal to talk to their devices.

    19 CuteCom alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.22.0, released in June 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website. It does not support terminal type emulation.

    Properties

    1.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts

    CuteCom VS GtkTerm

     
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    Engineering, testing and debugging of serial communication. Supports RS-232/422/423/485 as well as TCP/IP Client/Server/AutoSocket, UDP/IP Client/Server/PairSocket and USB Ser/HID. Optimized for simple command sets of e.g. embedded systems.

    22 YAT - Yet Another Terminal alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Define your own "send strings"
    2.  Configurable inter-character delay
    3.  Timestamps

    YAT - Yet Another Terminal VS GtkTerm

     
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    Minicom is a text-based modem control and terminal emulator program for Unix-like operating systems, originally written by Miquel van Smoorenburg, and modeled after the popular MS-DOS program Telix. Minicom includes a dialing directory, ANSI and VT100 emulation, an (external)...

    18 Minicom alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IL flagIsrael

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Serial-port

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    dterm is a simple terminal emulator, which doesn’t actually emulate any particular terminal. Mainly, it is designed for use with xterm and friends, which already do a perfectly good emulation, and therefore don’t need any special help; dterm simply provides a means by which...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin

    dterm (terminal emulator) Features

    1.  Serial-port

    dterm (terminal emulator) VS GtkTerm

     
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    picocom is a minimal dumb-terminal emulation program. It is ideal for embedded systems since its memory footprint is minimal (less than 20K, when stripped). Apart from being a handy little tool, the source distribution includes a simple, easy to use, and thoroughly documented...

    8 picocom alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    picocom Features

    1.  Serial-port

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  8. HTerm icon
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    HTerm is a terminal emulator for serial communication.

    20 HTerm alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    HTerm Features

    1.  Portable

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  9. Zterm icon
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    ZTerm is a terminal emulation program for the Macintosh. In its day, many people used it to connect to Bulletin Board Systems and download files. Now we have the internet. Its still a useful utility for those systems that only offer dialup connections and for connecting to...

    22 Zterm alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Zterm Features

    1.  Serial terminal
    2.  Driverless

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    HyperTerminal is a terminal emulator capable of connecting to systems through TCP/IP Networks, Dial-Up Modems, and COM ports. Until Windows XP, it is included with the operating system, but, starting from Windows Vista, it has to be bought separately.

    21 HyperTerminal alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    HyperTerminal VS GtkTerm

     
    • HyperTerminal is the most popular commercial alternative to GtkTerm.

    • HyperTerminal is Paid and ProprietaryGtkTerm is Free and Open Source
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    Terminal home page.

    12 Bray++ Terminal alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

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  12.  QuteSerial icon
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    QuteSerial is a RS232 terminal in the veins of minicom, hyperterminal, and br@y's Terminal.exe. It allows you to access a old-fashioned RS232 (serial) port and display the received data in either a Hex or ASCII format.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    QuteSerial Features

    1.  Serial-port
    2.  Serial terminal

    QuteSerial VS GtkTerm

     
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