Kitty terminal Alternatives

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. Ptyxis icon
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    Ptyxis is a terminal for GNOME that focuses on ease-of-use in a world of containers.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    • Flatpak
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  2. Guake terminal icon
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    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).

    58 Guake terminal alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  3. iTerm icon
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    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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  4. ForceTerm icon
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    Fully featured terminal based on JediTerm.

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Java
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  5. Kuu icon
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    Fast, polished native macOS terminal. Real login shells on a Metal surface (SwiftUI + libghostty), with native windows and tabs, per-tab zoom, find in scrollback, and a color theme catalog. Secure by default: signed and notarized builds, auto-updates via Sparkle, no account, no...

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  6. ZOC icon
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    ZOC is a powerful and well-established terminal emulator and telnet client, well known for its outstanding user interface with tabbed multi session support.

    99 ZOC alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  7. Xfce4-Terminal icon
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    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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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  8. xterm icon
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    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.

    86 xterm alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. 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

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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