Hyper Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Hyper for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Hyper and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Hyper are Tabby, PowerShell, Kitty terminal and iTerm2.

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  1. Ghostty icon
     71 likes

    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.

    63 Ghostty alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

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

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

    114 Tabby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. PowerShell icon
     200 likes

    PowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework.

    70 PowerShell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
     
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    PowerShell vs Hyper Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    -34

    Powershell is a different program, hyperterm is for mac.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • PowerShell is Free and Open SourceHyper is also Free and Open Source
    • PowerShell is LightweightHyper is not according to our users
  4. Kitty terminal icon
     61 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...

    91 Kitty terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  5. iTerm2 icon
     176 likes

    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.

    91 iTerm2 alternatives

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    • Mac
     
  6. Alacritty icon
     70 likes

    Alacritty is a blazing fast, GPU accelerated terminal emulator. It’s written in Rust and uses OpenGL for rendering to be the fastest terminal emulator available. Alacritty is available on GitHub in source form.

    91 Alacritty alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Alacritty vs Hyper Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Hyper is easier to customize since it is a web app. Alacritty has better performance and polish.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Alacritty is Free and Open SourceHyper is also Free and Open Source
    • Alacritty is LightweightHyper is not according to our users
  7. WezTerm icon
     21 likes

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

    107 WezTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Terminal icon
     86 likes

    Terminal (also referred to as Terminal.app) is a terminal emulator included in Apple's Mac OS X operating system. It originated in Mac OS X's predecessors, NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, and allows the user to interact with the computer through a command line interface.

    108 Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. 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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
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