Guake terminal Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Guake terminal is Ghostty, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Tabby, Windows Terminal, ConEmu and Cmder. There's no shortage of Terminal Emulators like Guake terminal, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPhone.

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  1. Rio Terminal icon
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    Hardware-accelerated terminal emulator using WebGPU for smooth high frame rates, customizable GPU usage, asynchronous Rust foundation, efficient redux-based rendering, WebAssembly extensibility for tab systems, and both desktop and browser support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Flatpak
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  2. MATE Terminal icon
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    MATE Terminal is a terminal emulator for the MATE desktop environment. Terminal emulators allow users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenIndiana
    • GhostBSD
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    YAET is a terminal emulator built on Xterm.js and Electron. It can interpret escape sequences that allow shell scripts and other programs to write HTML content directly to the terminal, or display content from the web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • npm
    • Node.JS
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
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  4. vnm_terminal is a free, open-source terminal emulator for Windows and Linux, with GPU-accelerated rendering and one terminal session per window.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Free, open-source MobaXterm alternative for macOS: SSH client and terminal with an SFTP file browser, remote file editor and agentless server monitoring.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. Yorishiro icon
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    Yorishiro is a new kind of terminal that gives your AI a body — and a sense of presence.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  7. Ratty icon
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    A GPU-rendered terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics. Inspired by TempleOS. Built with Rust & Ratatui.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Rust
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  8. Reach SSH icon
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    A free, open-source SSH client with SFTP, remote desktop, port tunneling and built-in database tools, for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
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  9. A modern MobaXterm/PuTTY alternative for Windows: tabbed SSH + VNC, a full SFTP file manager, and Ctrl+V to paste images straight into a remote terminal over SFTP.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    minimal terminal emulator for wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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