MacTerm Alternatives

MacTerm is described as '(was MacTelnet) on OS X is now a complete replacement for Terminal, allowing access to both local and remote applications' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to MacTerm for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Android apps. The best MacTerm alternative is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MacTerm are Ghostty, Tabby, Termux and OpenSSH.

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MacTerm alternatives page was last updated Feb 3, 2024
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  1. RXVT icon

    RXVT

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    RXVT –our extended virtual terminal– is a terminal emulator for X11. It is a popular replacement for the standard ‘xterm’.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    RXVT screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last updated in 2013.

    RXVT VS MacTerm

     
  2. ROXTerm icon

    ROXTerm

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    ROXTerm: a full-featured VTE terminal emulator.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    ROXTerm Features

    1.  Command line interface

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    z/Scope

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    z/Scope is a multi-protocol, multi-host terminal emulator that provides access to multiple terminal-based applications in a way that is familiar to every user, using a modern tabbed interface.

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    zScope Express VT connections' screen.

    z/Scope Features

    1.  Integrated FTP client
    2.  SSH
    3.  Printer Emulation
    4.  Multi-host
    5.  Tabbed interface
    6.  Session Management
    7.  Support for Multiple protocols
    8.  Built-in SSH client
    9.  Telnet client
    10.  Supports SSL Certificates

    z/Scope VS MacTerm

     
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    Deepin Terminal

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    Deepin Terminal is a terminal manager developed by deepin team that can freely split window according to users requirements with horizontal and vertical screen split supported. It allows users to do terminal settings of fonts and colors changing, background pictures...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Deepin
    Deepin Terminal screenshot 1

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    Core Shell

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    Core Shell is a full-featured terminal with built-in OpenSSH support, focused on managing and login to hosts efficiently.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Core Shell screenshot 1

    Core Shell Features

    1.  SSH

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    evilvte

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    VTE based, highly customizable terminal emulator. Features: tabs, tabbar autohide, right click to switch encoding, supports almost all VTE features, build-time configuration

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    version 0.4.7, 2 tabs, right-click menu
    Discontinued

    Last update on 2014.

    evilvte VS MacTerm

     
  9. Zterm icon

    Zterm

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    ZTerm is a terminal emulation program for the Macintosh. In its day, many people used it to connect to Bulletin Board Systems and download files. Now we have the internet. Its still a useful utility for those systems that only offer dialup connections and for connecting to...

    22 Zterm alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Zterm Features

    1.  Serial terminal
    2.  Driverless

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    svte

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    svte is a terminal that is flexible and has a small codebase. Its aim is to be lightweight and fast, while providing nice integration with a modern Linux environment. svte is yet another minimal GTK incarnation of VTE. svte is an alternative to Sakura, Lilyterm, etc.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last commit from 2013-11-04, see https://code.google.com/archive/p/svte/source/default/commits

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    CLIX

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    CLIX ('command line interface for OS X') makes it easy to harness the power of Unix. It becomes both a fish to buy and a series of lessons in how to fish and ultimately a handy way to work.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    CLIX screenshot 1

    CLIX Features

    1.  Command line interface

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    Cathode

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    Cathode is a fully customizable terminal app with a look inspired by classic computers.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Cathode screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    App hasn't been updated since 2017, company website is parked.

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    Putty for Mac

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    Putty is one of the Best Terminal Emulators available today. It Supports different types of Network Protocols such as SSH, FTP, SCP, Telnet etc. In Windows it is used as SSH Client to connect to Your Linux server or for some other purpose.

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Putty for Mac screenshot 1

    Putty for Mac Features

    1.  Session Management
    2.  Xterm emulation
    3.  Secure Copy (SCP)
    4.  SSH
    5.  Host management
    6.  Telnet client

    Putty for Mac VS MacTerm

     

  14. mrxvt

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    Based on rxvt. Tabbed interface. Very lightweight. Few dependencies. Only drawback is poor unicode support (theres an SVN branch with working but slightly buggy support)

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Latest release Sep. 9, 2008

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    mrxvt VS MacTerm

     
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