iTerm Alternatives

iTerm is described as 'Full featured terminal emulation program written for OS X using Cocoa. We are aiming at providing users with best command line experience under OS X. The letter i represents a native Apple look and feel of the program interface, and an emphasis on complete' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to iTerm for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best iTerm alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like iTerm are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and PowerShell.

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  1. Terminator icon
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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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
     
  2. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. GNOME Terminal icon
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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
     
  4. Hyper icon
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    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.

    96 Hyper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
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    Its in Js/html/Css -> easy to make plugins

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    • Almost everyone thinks Hyper is a great iTerm alternative.

    • Hyper is Free and Open SourceiTerm is also Free and Open Source
    • Hyper is CustomizableiTerm is not according to our users
  5. WezTerm icon
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    A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

    101 WezTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Termora icon
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    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.

    58 Termora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
  7. ForceTerm icon
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    Fully featured terminal based on JediTerm.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Java
     
  8. Terminal icon
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    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.

    100 Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    60 Ptyxis alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
     
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