iTerm2 Alternatives for Linux
iTerm2 is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux 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 iTerm2 and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to iTerm2 are Hyper, Terminator, GNOME Terminal and Alacritty.
iTerm2 alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators but may also be Shells or SSH Clients. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of iTerm2.Tabby Terminal
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- SSH Client
84 Tabby Terminal alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.
- - Tabby Terminal is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to iTerm2.
Tabby Terminal Features
Comments about Tabby Terminal as a Alternative to iTerm2
Really exactly the iTerm2 but for Windows!
1Hyper
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
81 Hyper alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
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.
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Terminator
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo77 Terminator alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Linux
- BSD
Terminator enables the user to run and manage multiple terminal emulators side-by-side in the same window. The main focus is arranging terminals in a grid. (Tabs is the most common default method, which Terminator also supports.
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GNOME Terminal
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo60 GNOME Terminal alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Linux
- BSD
- GNOME
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.[
GNOME Terminal Features
Comments about GNOME Terminal as a Alternative to iTerm2
Its functionality is comparably too limited.
0Alacritty
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
70 Alacritty alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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.
Alacritty Features
Comments about Alacritty as a Alternative to iTerm2
RemovedUserI'm happy because it works on Linux Mint and has more customization and features than the built-in terminal application.
0Kitty terminal
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo71 Kitty terminal alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Mac
- Linux
Kitty ( not to be confused with KiTTY ) is a powerful, cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator. It offloads rendering to the GPU and uses OpenGL for fast, cross-platform performance with built-in tiling layouts as well as graphic, unicode...
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Guake terminal
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo32 Guake terminal alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Linux
- BSD
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).
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Yakuake
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo31 Yakuake alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Linux
- BSD
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.
Yakuake Features
Comments about Yakuake as a Alternative to iTerm2
'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.
0Konsole
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo55 Konsole alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Linux
- BSD
Konsole is a free terminal emulator part of the KDE applications. It features: Tabbed terminals; Tab titles; Translucent backgrounds; Split-view mode; Directory and SSH bookmarking; Customizable color schemes; Customizable key bindings; Notifications about silence or activity in...
Konsole Features
Cool Retro Term
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo45 Cool Retro Term alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Mac
- Linux
Cool Retro Term (CRT) is a terminal emulator which mimics the look and feel of the old cathode tube screens. It has been designed to be eye-candy, customizable, and reasonably lightweight.
WindTerm
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Proprietary
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
41 WindTerm alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
A professional SSH/Telnet/Serial/Shell/Sftp client for DevOps.
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Xfce4-Terminal
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo48 Xfce4-Terminal alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Terminal Emulator
- Linux
- BSD
- Xfce
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.
Xfce4-Terminal Features