Contour is a modern terminal emulator, for everyday use. It is aiming for power users with a modern feature mindset.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Germany
EU
Kuu Alternatives
Apps similar to Kuu include Ghostty, which is free and open source. Other options are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and Kitty terminal. You're spoiled for choice with Terminal Emulators like Kuu: we list more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPhone.
Alternatives list
- 67 Contour Terminal Emulator alternatives
94 Electerm alternativeselecterm is a terminal/ssh/sftp client(linux, mac, win) based on electron/node-pty/xterm/antd and many other libs, it works like a combination of guake and xshell.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron
- Homebrew
- AppImage
- npm
- JavaScript
- Fedora
China
Core Shell is a full-featured terminal with built-in OpenSSH support, focused on managing and login to hosts efficiently.
Platforms
- Mac
- China
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KillerShell puts a file browser, a terminal and a text editor in one window, on one tab strip and one set of keys, so you stop alt-tabbing.
Platforms
- Windows
United States
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51 Scanline Term alternativesModern terminal for Windows with (optional) CRT simulation, AI assistant, MCP, Lua automation and built-in minimalistic web browser.
Platforms
- Windows
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A macOS and Linux terminal workspace organizes projects with root folders, explorers, tabs, splits and dockable windows. It adds command search, reusable macros, scheduled automations, searchable asciicast recordings, file previews, Git diffs, browser access, MCP agent control and a Linux server.
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
United Kingdom
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Terminator is an Android terminal emulator with multi-session support and deep customization. It handles terminal emulation for daily use but doesn't include built-in chroot/proot—you manage your own setup.
Platforms
- Android
Azerbaijan
A free, open-source SSH client with SFTP, remote desktop, port tunneling and built-in database tools, for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Android
- Germany
- EU
Mission control for coding agents: run and supervise any terminal coding agent in parallel git worktrees from one local browser dashboard.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Since
- New
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- United States
Free, open-source MobaXterm alternative for macOS: SSH client and terminal with an SFTP file browser, remote file editor and agentless server monitoring.
Platforms
- Mac
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Vanitty is a free, open-source terminal emulator for Windows, macOS and Linux. It started as a port of Hyper, rewritten in Rust with Tauri instead of Electron, so it starts faster and uses far less memory.
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- United States
A native macOS terminal built on libghostty, Ghostty's terminal engine, with vertical tabs and split panes. You get Ghostty's rendering, fonts, themes and config, in a different window layout.
Platforms
- Mac
