Tess is a terminal emulator. It lets you have a full access to your computer, use command line based programs and many more.
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- Windows
- Linux
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Kwi Alternatives
Apps similar to Kwi include Ghostty, which is free and open source. Other options are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and MobaXterm. You're spoiled for choice with Terminal Emulators like Kwi: we list more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPad.
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- 87 Tess alternatives
97 GNOME Terminal alternativesGNOME 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.
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- Linux
- BSD
- GNOME
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101 Wave Terminal alternativesWave is an open-source, AI-native terminal built for seamless developer workflows with inline rendering, a modern UI, and persistent sessions.
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- Mac
- Linux
- Windows
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130 Hyper alternativesHyper™ 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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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
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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.
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- Linux
- BSD
- KDE
- Flathub
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A transparent, borderless terminal that lets your desktop show through. Themes restyle its colours and type.
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- Mac
83 cmux alternativesNative macOS app built on Ghostty. Vertical tabs, notification rings when agents need attention, split panes, and a socket API for automation.
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- Mac
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90 Termora alternativesTermora is developed using Kotlin/JVM and partially implements the XTerm protocol (with ongoing improvements). Its ultimate vision is to achieve full platform support (including Android, iOS, and iPadOS) through Kotlin Multiplatform.
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Homebrew
146 WezTerm alternativesA GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust
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- Mac
- Windows
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136 Terminal alternativesTerminal (also referred to as Terminal.app) is a terminal emulator included in Apple's Mac OS X operating system. It originated in Mac OS X's predecessors, NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, and allows the user to interact with the computer through a command line interface.
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- Mac
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