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 May 2, 2025
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  1. Liri Terminal icon

    Liri Terminal

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    A Material Design terminal for Liri OS.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Qt
    Liri Terminal screenshot 1

    Liri Terminal VS MacTerm

     
  2. TTYEmulator icon

    TTYEmulator

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    TTYEmulator is a free terminal emulator application which can act as a client for the SSH, Telnet, rlogin, raw TCP and serial computing protocols. TTYEmulator is written for Microsoft Windows.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TTYEmulator Features

    1.  Telnet client

    TTYEmulator VS MacTerm

     
  4. Terra icon

    Terra

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    Terra is a GTK+3.0 based terminal emulator with useful user interface, it also supports multiple terminals with splitting screen horizontally or vertically.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update on 2013.

    Terra Features

    1.  Multiple Terminal

    Terra VS MacTerm

     
  5. DumbTerm icon

    DumbTerm

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    A stupidly simple web-based terminal emulator, with common tools and Starship enabled (via Docker)!

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    DumbTerm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Full-Text Search
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No Tracking
    6. Git icon  Git integration
    7.  Progressive Web App
    8.  Tabbed interface
    9.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    10.  Web-Based
    11.  Protected by Password

    DumbTerm VS MacTerm

     

    • DumbTerm is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to MacTerm.

    • DumbTerm is Free and Open SourceMacTerm is also Free and Open Source
    • DumbTerm is Privacy focusedMacTerm is not according to our users
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