Kitty terminal AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like Kitty terminal

Apps similar to Kitty terminal include Ghostty, which is free and open source. Other options are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and ConEmu. You're spoiled for choice with Terminal Emulators like Kitty terminal: we list more than 100 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, iPad and iPhone.

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  1. Ghostty icon
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    Cross-platform terminal emulator balancing speed, platform-native UI, and modern features. Designed for an enhanced interactive CLI environment, offering full standards compliance for seamless integration with shells and CLI tools.

    83 Ghostty alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
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  2. Tabby icon
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    Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.

    146 Tabby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Termux icon
     132 likes

    Experience a powerful Unix terminal on Android without the need for rooting. Customize with packages via Apt, run command-line tools, SSH, and program in C, Python, and more. Enjoy a full Unix environment with bash, zsh, mouse support, and external display compatibility.

    154 Termux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • zsh
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell
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  4. Windows Terminal icon
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    Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...

    140 Windows Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. ConEmu icon
     387 likes

    Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.

    80 ConEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Alacritty icon
     74 likes

    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.

    109 Alacritty alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Linux Mobile
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  7. iTerm2 icon
     178 likes

    Terminal emulator for macOS enabling split panes, session restoration, advanced customization, search, SSH, automation features, tmux integration, Unicode, mouse support, notifications, inline images, broadcast input, and profile management.

    112 iTerm2 alternatives

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • US flagUnited States
    By Itself
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  8. Konsole icon
     86 likes

    Konsole is a terminal to run a command shell. It provides a command line interface for directly controlling your computer.

    92 Konsole alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • KDE
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  9. ReTerminal icon
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    ReTerminal is a sleek, Material 3-inspired terminal emulator designed as a modern alternative to the legacy Jackpal Terminal. Built on Termux's robust TerminalView.

    89 ReTerminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  10. KiTTY icon
     190 likes

    KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.

    131 KiTTY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Tess icon
     17 likes

    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 (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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