iTerm2 Alternatives

The top-rated alternative to iTerm2 is Ghostty, which is free and open source. People also recommend ConEmu, Tabby, Hyper and Termux. You're spoiled for choice with Terminal Emulators like iTerm2: we list more than 100 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, iPad and Android.

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  1. iTerm icon
     30 likes

    iTerm is a 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...

    95 iTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. GNOME Console icon
     6 likes

    A simple user-friendly terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop.

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    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Linux Mobile
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  3. Extraterm icon
     9 likes

    Extraterm is more than just a traditional terminal emulator. It provides a toolbox for working with your terminal and command line applications, allowing you to capture and reuse previous command output across your terminal sessions, preview images and rich media directly, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Cygwin
    • AppImage
    • Typescript
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  4. xterm icon
     30 likes

    The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly.

    85 xterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. upterm icon
     23 likes

    A terminal emulator for the 21st century. (formerly) Black Screen is a terminal emulator and interactive shell with auto-completion.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
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  6. Royal TSX icon
     41 likes

    Royal TS provides easy and secure access to your remote systems

    Unlock the power to remotely manage your systems on multiple platforms!

    Royal TS is the perfect tool for server admins, system engineers, developers and IT focused information workers who constantly need to access.

    156 Royal TSX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  7. Terminology icon
     17 likes

    Terminology is a terminal emulator for e17.

    What does it do?

    It emulates a slightly extended vt100 with some extensions and bling thrown in.

    Most escapes supported by xterm, rxvt etc. work Xterm 256 color escapes work Backgrounds (bitmap, scalable/vector, animated.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. Xfce4-Terminal icon
     38 likes

    Xfce Terminal is a lightweight and easy to use terminal emulator application with many advanced features including drop down, tabs, unlimited scrolling, full colors, fonts, transparent backgrounds, and more.

    82 Xfce4-Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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  9. Otty icon
     2 likes

    Native GPU-accelerated terminal with keyboard-first design, agent compatibility, Unicode, ligatures, inline images, true color, tabs, panes, splits, session recovery, rich color schemes, real-time notifications, fuzzy search, custom layouts, and quick navigation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. KillerShell icon
     1 like

    KillerShell puts a file browser, a terminal and a text editor in one window, on one tab strip and one set of keys, so you stop alt-tabbing.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Electerm icon
     3 likes

    electerm is a terminal/ssh/sftp client(linux, mac, win) based on electron/node-pty/xterm/antd and many other libs, it works like a combination of guake and xshell.

    84 Electerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron
    • Homebrew
    • AppImage
    • npm
    • JavaScript
    • Fedora
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