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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Cathode icon
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    Cathode is a fully customizable terminal app with a look inspired by classic computers.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  3. Sakura icon
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    sakura is a terminal emulator based on GTK and VTE. It's a terminal emulator with few dependencies, so you don't need a full GNOME desktop installed to have a decent terminal emulator. Current terminal emulators based on VTE are gnome-terminal, XFCE Terminal, TermIt and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. FireCMD icon
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    FireCMD command shell has features like recursive aliases, command substitution using files, HTML and CSS support, which makes it a next generation command shell. It also remembers command history and last working directory for next session.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Station is a terminal emulation application that you can use to access a UNIX shell in a graphical environment. Station features different view modes such as split vertically and horizontally, a tabbed interface, and copy and paste commands.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. z/Scope icon
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    z/Scope is a multi-protocol, multi-host terminal emulator that provides access to multiple terminal-based applications in a way that is familiar to every user, using a modern tabbed interface.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
    • z/Scope is the most popular Web-based alternative to iTerm2.

    • z/Scope is Paid and ProprietaryiTerm2 is Free and Open Source
  7. evilvte icon
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    VTE based, highly customizable terminal emulator. Features: tabs, tabbar autohide, right click to switch encoding, supports almost all VTE features, build-time configuration

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. QuTTY icon
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    QuTTY is a multi-tabbed, multi-paned SSH/Telnet client with a terminal emulator. The goal is to support advanced features similar to iterm2. Following features are supported.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Stjerm icon
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    Stjerm is a roll-down, quake-like terminal emulator. It's window is shown with a key shortcut. Stjerm is very minimalistic and works well with Compiz window manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Qonsole icon
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    "A Quake-like Console Emulator." Proudly under the MIT License.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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