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, ConEmu and Windows Terminal.

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iTerm alternatives page was last updated Jul 12, 2025
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  1. Another Term icon

    Another Term

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    SSH / Telnet / UART dongles (USB and Bluetooth) / own PTY client for Android.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    Another Term screenshot 1

    Another Term Features

    1.  Serial terminal
    2.  Bluetooth Support
    3.  Port Forwarding
    4.  SSH

    Another Term VS iTerm

     
  2. xCute icon

    xCute

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    Sending commands to a server can be as simple as sending a text message to a friend.

    License model

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    xCute VS iTerm

     
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    csshX

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    csshX is a tool to allow simultaneous control of multiple SSH sessions. It will attempt to create an SSH session to each remote host in separate Terminal.app windows. A master window will also be created. All keyboard input in the master will be sent to all the slave windows.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    12 ssh sessions under the control of one master window

    csshX Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  SSH

    csshX VS iTerm

     

  5. RapidSSH

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    Rapid SSH is the powerful and complete IP terminal emulator for iPad and iPhone - supports SSHv1, v2, SSH Agent, Telnet, Raw, fully scriptable, Dropbox.com, multi-session and much more!

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Full SSH terminal window
    the most feature rich SSH client for iOS
    Popup bar, function keys, ctrl keys fully customisable

    RapidSSH Features

    1.  SSH

    RapidSSH VS iTerm

     
  6. DumbTerm icon

    DumbTerm

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    A stupidly simple web-based terminal emulator, with common tools and Starship enabled (via Docker)!

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    DumbTerm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Full-Text Search
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No Tracking
    6. Git icon  Git integration
    7.  Progressive Web App
    8.  Tabbed interface
    9.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    10.  Web-Based
    11.  Protected by Password

    DumbTerm VS iTerm

     

    • DumbTerm is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to iTerm.

    • DumbTerm is Free and Open SourceiTerm is also Free and Open Source
    • DumbTerm is Privacy focusediTerm is not according to our users

  7. YAET

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • npm
    • Node.JS
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    YAET screenshot 1

    YAET Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Electron based
    3.  Integrated Web Browser

    YAET VS iTerm

     
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    Liri Terminal

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    A Material Design terminal for Liri OS.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Qt
    Liri Terminal screenshot 1

    Liri Terminal VS iTerm

     
  10. Terra icon

    Terra

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    Terra is a GTK+3.0 based terminal emulator with useful user interface, it also supports multiple terminals with splitting screen horizontally or vertically.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update on 2013.

    Terra Features

    1.  Multiple Terminal

    Terra VS iTerm

     
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    TTYEmulator

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    TTYEmulator is a free terminal emulator application which can act as a client for the SSH, Telnet, rlogin, raw TCP and serial computing protocols. TTYEmulator is written for Microsoft Windows.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TTYEmulator Features

    1.  Telnet client

    TTYEmulator VS iTerm

     

  12. havoc

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    minimal terminal emulator for wayland.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    havoc VS iTerm

     
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