iTerm2 Alternatives

iTerm2 is described as 'Terminal emulator for macOS supporting split panes, session restoration, advanced search, inline images, SSH connections, automation, and tmux integration' and is a very popular terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to iTerm2 for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and iPad apps. The best iTerm2 alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like iTerm2 are ConEmu, Tabby, Hyper and Windows Terminal.

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iTerm2 alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators, but if you're looking for Shells or SSH Clients you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Linux, Mac and iPad. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to iTerm2.
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  1. KiTTY icon
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    KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.

    99 KiTTY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    KiTTY is Windows-only. iTerm2 is macOS-only.

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    • This alternative is disputed. KiTTY is a legitimate iTerm2 alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • KiTTY is Free and Open SourceiTerm2 is also Free and Open Source
  2. Warp Terminal icon
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    Warp is a blazingly fast, Rust-based terminal that makes you and your team more productive at coding and DevOps.

    26 Warp Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    It's modern, fast, easy to config and pretty.

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    • Warp Terminal is Freemium and ProprietaryiTerm2 is Free and Open Source
  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

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
     
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    GNOME Terminal is Linux/BSD-only. iTerm2 is macOS-only.

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    Its functionality is comparably too limited.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think GNOME Terminal is a great iTerm2 alternative.

    • GNOME Terminal is Free and Open SourceiTerm2 is also Free and Open Source
  4. 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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. 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

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    • Mac
     
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  6. Yakuake icon
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    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.

    43 Yakuake alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
    • Flathub
     
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    Yakuake is Linux/BSD-only. iTerm2 is macOS-only.

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    'tis a drop-down terminal with advanced features like split screen. Its only major limitation is that it doesn't work as well (liable to crash or become unresponsible) under non-KDE environments like Cinnamon and GNOME.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Yakuake is a great iTerm2 alternative.

    • Yakuake is Free and Open SourceiTerm2 is also Free and Open Source
  7. 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

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    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
     
  9. Guake terminal icon
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    Guake is a top-down terminal for Gnome (in the style of Yakuake for KDE, Tilda or the terminal used in Quake). Guake is already package by a number of distribution (among them are Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu or ArchLinux).

    43 Guake terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Guake is Linux/BSD-only. iTerm2 is macOS-only.

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    • Most users think Guake terminal is a great iTerm2 alternative.

    • Guake terminal is Free and Open SourceiTerm2 is also Free and Open Source
  10. Ptyxis icon
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    Ptyxis is a terminal for GNOME that focuses on ease-of-use in a world of containers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
     
  11. 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
     
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