Guake terminal Alternatives

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, Cmder and ConEmu.

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. WezTerm icon
     21 likes

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

    105 WezTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Hyper icon
     83 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.

    101 Hyper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
  4. Ptyxis icon
     6 likes

    Ptyxis is a terminal for GNOME that focuses on ease-of-use in a world of containers.

    62 Ptyxis alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
     
  5. 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.

    61 Termora alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
  6. ForceTerm icon
     5 likes

    Fully featured terminal based on JediTerm.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Java
     
  7. Xfce4-Terminal icon
     38 likes

    Xfce Terminal is a lightweight and easy to use terminal emulator application with many advanced features including drop down, tabs, unlimited scrolling, full colors, fonts, transparent backgrounds, and more.

    66 Xfce4-Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
     
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    Xfce Terminal can be run with --drop-down and --fullscreen and bound to a shortcut like F12 to run just like Guake.

    • Xfce4-Terminal is Free and Open SourceGuake terminal is also Free and Open Source
    • Xfce4-Terminal is LightweightGuake terminal is not according to our users
  8. tilda icon
     39 likes

    Tilda is a Linux terminal taking after the likeness of many classic terminals from first person shooter games, Quake, Doom and Half-Life to name a few, where the terminal has no border and is hidden from the desktop till a key or keys is hit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. cmux icon
     3 likes

    Native macOS app built on Ghostty. Vertical tabs, notification rings when agents need attention, split panes, and a socket API for automation.

    51 cmux alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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