Guake terminal AlternativesTop Terminal Emulators and other similar apps like Guake terminal

Guake terminal is described as 'Guake is a top-down terminal for Gnome (in the style of Yakuake for KDE, Tilda or the terminal used in Quake). Guake is already package by a number of distribution (among them are Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu or ArchLinux)' and is a very popular terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Guake terminal for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Guake terminal alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Guake terminal are Tabby, Windows Terminal, ConEmu and Cmder.

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  1. Ghostty icon

    Ghostty

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    Cross-platform terminal emulator balancing speed, platform-native UI, and modern features. Designed for an enhanced interactive CLI environment, offering full standards compliance for seamless integration with shells and CLI tools.

    58 Ghostty alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
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    • Ghostty is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Guake terminal.

    • Ghostty is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Guake terminal.

    • Ghostty is Free and Open SourceGuake terminal is also Free and Open Source
    • Ghostty is Customizable, Lightweight and Privacy focusedGuake terminal is not according to our users
  2. Tabby icon

    Tabby

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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Tabby is the most popular Windows alternative to Guake terminal.

    • Tabby is Free and Open SourceGuake terminal is also Free and Open Source
    • Tabby is Customizable and LightweightGuake terminal is not according to our users
  4. Windows Terminal icon

    Windows Terminal

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    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    White and dark theme showcase
     
  5. ConEmu icon

    ConEmu

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

    62 ConEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about ConEmu as an Alternative to Guake terminal
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    Positive
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    There's a setting for Quake-style terminal view

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks ConEmu is a great Guake terminal alternative.

    • ConEmu is Free and Open SourceGuake terminal is also Free and Open Source
    • ConEmu is CustomizableGuake terminal is not according to our users
  6. Cmder icon

    Cmder

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    Cmder is an open-source replacement for the Windows command-line. It relies on ConEmu , extending it with the power of clink and some great looking defaults including a Monokai color scheme and custom prompt...

    40 Cmder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • clink
    • ConEmu
    • Windows Command Prompt
    • PowerShell
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  7. MobaXterm icon

    MobaXterm

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    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MobaXterm tabbed terminal
     
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    iTerm2

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    Terminal emulator for macOS enabling split panes, session restoration, advanced customization, search, SSH, automation features, tmux integration, Unicode, mouse support, notifications, inline images, broadcast input, and profile management.

    86 iTerm2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    By Itself
     
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    Guest
    Positive
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    For MacOS, it offers drop-down functionality like Guake does for Linux/BSD.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think iTerm2 is a great Guake terminal alternative.

    • iTerm2 is Free and Open SourceGuake terminal is also Free and Open Source
    • iTerm2 is Customizable and LightweightGuake terminal is not according to our users
  10. Kitty terminal icon

    Kitty terminal

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    Kitty ( 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...

    84 Kitty terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  11. Yakuake icon

    Yakuake

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    Yakuake is a drop-down (Quake-style) terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again.

    43 Yakuake alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
    • Flathub
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    Like Guake, Yakuake is a drop-down terminal emulator. The main difference is that this one is KDE, and Guake is GNOME.

    Bobbee Bumble
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    Yakuake is KDE desktop's alternative to Guake, wish similar Quake-style dropdown ergonomy.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Yakuake is a great Guake terminal alternative.

    • Yakuake is Free and Open SourceGuake terminal is also Free and Open Source
    • Yakuake is LightweightGuake terminal is not according to our users
  12. Terminator icon

    Terminator

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    Terminator 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.

    89 Terminator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
    Terminator is running Vim, Bash, and Python side by side.
     
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    Allows for very easy use of multiple terminals simultaneously. Ultimate for those who urgently works in such environment.

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    • Terminator is Free and Open SourceGuake terminal is also Free and Open Source
    • Terminator is LightweightGuake terminal is not according to our users
  13. KiTTY icon

    KiTTY

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    KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.

    99 KiTTY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. GNOME Terminal icon

    GNOME Terminal

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    GNOME Terminal is a 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.

    72 GNOME Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
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