Northshell Alternatives

Apps similar to Northshell include Ghostty, which is free and open source. Other options are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and MobaXterm. Terminal Emulators like Northshell are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPad.

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Northshell alternatives page was last updated Oct 12, 2026

Fluent Terminal
12 likes
Terminal emulator based on UWP and web technologies.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Platforms
Windows
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Tilix
32 likes
Tilix is a tiling terminal emulator which uses the VTE GTK+ 3 widget with the following features:
100 Tilix alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
Canada
Platforms
Linux
Canada
+2
Good alternative?Is Tilix a good alternative to Northshell?
Electerm
3 likes
electerm 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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Terminal Emulator
File Manager
Origin
China
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Electron
Homebrew
AppImage
npm
JavaScript
Fedora
China
Good alternative?Is Electerm a good alternative to Northshell?

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