Guake terminal Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Guake terminal for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Guake terminal and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Guake terminal are Tabby, Kitty terminal, Yakuake and Terminator.

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  1. Ghostty icon
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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.

    60 Ghostty alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
     
  2. Tabby icon
     120 likes

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

    109 Tabby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Kitty terminal icon
     59 likes

    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...

    88 Kitty terminal alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4. Yakuake icon
     94 likes

    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.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
    • Flathub
     
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    Yakuake vs Guake terminal Comments
    Toadtoad
    Positive
    2

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

    Bobbee Bumble
    Positive
    1

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

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

    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.

    90 Terminator alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
     
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    Terminator vs Guake terminal Comments
    cryoff
    Positive
    0

    Allows for very easy use of multiple terminals simultaneously. Ultimate for those who urgently works in such environment.

    • Terminator is Free and Open SourceGuake terminal is also Free and Open Source
    • Terminator is LightweightGuake terminal is not according to our users
  6. GNOME Terminal icon
     161 likes

    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.

    73 GNOME Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
     
  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.

    63 Tess alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. WezTerm icon
     21 likes

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

    104 WezTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. 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.

    99 Hyper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

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

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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
     
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