iTerm Alternatives for Windows

iTerm is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is Tabby Terminal, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to iTerm and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to iTerm are ConEmu, Windows Terminal, PowerShell and MobaXterm.

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  1. Tabby Terminal icon
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    Tabby Terminal

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

    98 Tabby Terminal alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Support for SFTP
    4.  Multiple Servers
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Portable
    7.  Serial-port
    8.  Electron based
    9.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Tabbed interface
    12.  Ad-free
    Tabby Terminal iconiTerm Icon

    Tabby Terminal VS iTerm

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    • Tabby Terminal is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to iTerm.

    • Tabby Terminal is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to iTerm.

    • Tabby Terminal is Free and Open SourceiTerm is also Free and Open Source
    • Tabby Terminal is CustomizableiTerm is not according to our users
  2. ConEmu icon
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    ConEmu

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    Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.

    58 ConEmu alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ConEmu screenshot 1
    Alpha transparency in ConEmu
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Shell integration
    3.  Quake-style
    4.  ANSI color support
    5.  Split-screen view
    6.  Multi-tabs
    7.  Portable
    8.  Multiple window layouts
    9.  Command line interface
    10.  Support environment variables
    11.  Remote Debugging
    12.  Kubernetes
    ConEmu iconiTerm Icon

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  4. Windows Terminal icon
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    Windows Terminal

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    Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...

    97 Windows Terminal alternatives
    White and dark theme showcase

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Multiple shells
    3.  WSL integreation
    4.  Background transparency
    5.  Configured in JSON
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    8.  Multiple window layouts
    9.  Multi-tabs
    10.  Support for scripting
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Ad-free
    Windows Terminal iconiTerm Icon

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  5. PowerShell icon
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    PowerShell

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    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.

    65 PowerShell alternatives
    PowerShell screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    PowerShell Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  PowerShell Scripting
    3.  Optimized for Windows
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Autocompletion
    PowerShell iconiTerm Icon

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  6. MobaXterm icon
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    MobaXterm

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    MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super easy to use, lightweight and portable.

    107 MobaXterm alternatives
    MobaXterm tabbed terminal

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Graphical SFTP browser
    Multi-execution
    +7
    Remote Unix desktop (XDMCP)

    Top MobaXterm Features

    1.  X server
    2.  Support for SFTP
    3.  SSH
    4.  Tabbed interface
    5.  Embedded Xserver
    6.  Portable
    7.  RDP Functionality
    8.  Multiple Terminal
    9.  Support for Multiple protocols
    10.  Built-in File Manager
    11. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    12.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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    MobaXterm VS iTerm

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  7. Alacritty icon
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    Alacritty

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    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.

    80 Alacritty alternatives
    Alacritty screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Alacritty screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  GPU Support
    2.  No input delay
    3.  Portable
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    Alacritty iconiTerm Icon

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  9. Hyper icon
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    Hyper

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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.

    92 Hyper alternatives
    Splitting terminals

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
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    Windows running WSL

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Electron based
    4.  Split-screen view
    5.  Tiling Panes
    6.  Uses Packages
    7.  Plugin API
    8.  Divisible
    9.  Skinnable
    10.  Multiple Font Colors
    Hyper iconiTerm Icon

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    Guest

    Its in Js/html/Css -> easy to make plugins

    Positive comment •Apr 21, 2017
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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
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    KiTTY

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    KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.

    90 KiTTY alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    transparency settings

    Top KiTTY Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Session Management
    3.  Portable
    4.  Auto-login
    5.  SSH Tunnel
    6.  Multiple Browser Tabs
    7.  Command line interface
    8.  VPS
    9.  Auto-saving
    10.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    11.  Built-in editor
    KiTTY iconiTerm Icon

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  11. Tess icon
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    Tess

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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.

    56 Tess alternatives
    Tess screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Tess screenshot 1
    Tess screenshot 2
    +4
    Tess screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Command line interface
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Tabbed interface
    Tess iconiTerm Icon

    Tess VS iTerm

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  12. Wave Terminal icon
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    Wave Terminal

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    Wave is an open-source, AI-native terminal built for seamless developer workflows with inline rendering, a modern UI, and persistent sessions.

    60 Wave Terminal alternatives
    Render images inline with Wave plugins.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    Our integrated editor, codeedit—leveraging Monaco, the engine behind VSCode—enables inline editing of both local and remote files.
    Wave AI in the command box.
    +3
    Render PDFs inline with Wave plugins.

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Support for MarkDown
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Command line interface
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Comma Separated Values
    10.  AI-Powered
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  13. WezTerm icon
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    WezTerm

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

    92 WezTerm alternatives
    WezTerm screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    WezTerm screenshot 1
    WezTerm screenshot 2

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  GPU Acceleration
    2.  Lua scripting
    3.  Hyperlinks
    4.  Font Ligature Support
    5.  WSL integreation
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  Support for scripting
    8.  Split tabs
    9.  Multi panel
    WezTerm iconiTerm Icon

    WezTerm VS iTerm

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  14. Bitvise SSH Client icon
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    Bitvise SSH Client

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    SSH client for file transfer, terminal and tunneling.

    57 Bitvise SSH Client alternatives
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    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    SSH Client: SFTP interface
    SSH Client: xterm Console
    +2
    SSH Client: Login Settings

    Bitvise SSH Client Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for SFTP
    3.  SSH
    4.  Port Forwarding
    5.  Terminal-based
    Bitvise SSH Client iconiTerm Icon

    Bitvise SSH Client VS iTerm

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    Comments about Bitvise SSH Client as an Alternative to iTerm
     
    Guest

    As far as consoles go.. I don't think that counts as one.

    Negative comment •Apr 5, 2018
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    • Bitvise SSH Client is Free Personal and ProprietaryiTerm is Free and Open Source
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