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. CLIX icon
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    CLIX ('command line interface for OS X') makes it easy to harness the power of Unix. It becomes both a fish to buy and a series of lessons in how to fish and ultimately a handy way to work.

    52 CLIX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. Putty for Mac icon
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    Putty is one of the Best Terminal Emulators available today. It Supports different types of Network Protocols such as SSH, FTP, SCP, Telnet etc. In Windows it is used as SSH Client to connect to Your Linux server or for some other purpose.

    80 Putty for Mac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    A super lightweight, beautiful, and simple terminal. It's designed to be setup with sane defaults and little to no configuration. It's just a terminal, nothing more, nothing less.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  4. yeahconsole icon
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    YeahConsole turns an xterm into a gamelike console. This means it will slide down from top of your screen if you hit a shortcut key. (You will need xterm version 168 or higher to make this happen).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. xCute icon
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    Sending commands to a server can be as simple as sending a text message to a friend.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. Rio Terminal icon
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    Hardware-accelerated terminal emulator using WebGPU for smooth high frame rates, customizable GPU usage, asynchronous Rust foundation, efficient redux-based rendering, WebAssembly extensibility for tab systems, and both desktop and browser support.

    51 Rio Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Flatpak
     
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    SmartPack-Kernel Manager is a heavily modified version of Kernel Adiutor developed by Willi Ye. All the credits go to the original developer, not only for his hard work on Kernel Adiutor, but also for being open to open-source community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  9. Serial icon
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    Full-featured serial terminal for the Mac.

    9 Serial alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    SSH Explorer is a new generation SSH Client and Terminal Emulator that makes remote server management look like much more fun than it actually is :) Combined security and ease of use make it suitable for newbies and experts alike.

    16 SSH Explorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Truck icon
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    Still using FTP? Truck hauls data 30x faster thanks to its modern rsync engine (included) which compresses, de-duplicates and encrypts – giving significantly higher performance and security, right from the first transfer.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. Termdock icon
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    Termdock is a terminal-centric AI dev environment that unifies multi-workspace management, multi-terminal layouts, and Git visualization in one interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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