Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator. Supports daemon mode, Sixel, and scrollback search.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
SwedenPlatforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Ptyxis Alternatives
Apps similar to Ptyxis include Ghostty, which is free and open source. Other options are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and MobaXterm. Terminal Emulators like Ptyxis are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, iPad and iPhone.
Alternatives list
- 94 foot alternatives
A transparent, borderless terminal that lets your desktop show through. Themes restyle its colours and type.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
58 Guake terminal alternativesGuake is a top-down terminal for Gnome (in the style of Yakuake for KDE, Tilda or the terminal used in Quake). Guake is already package by a number of distribution (among them are Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu or ArchLinux).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
France
EU
72 cmux alternativesNative macOS app built on Ghostty. Vertical tabs, notification rings when agents need attention, split panes, and a socket API for automation.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
United States
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75 ST - Simple Terminal alternativesst is a simple terminal implementation for X.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Germany- EU
99 ZOC alternativesZOC is a powerful and well-established terminal emulator and telnet client, well known for its outstanding user interface with tabbed multi session support.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Germany
- EU
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Java
- Germany
- EU
156 Royal TSX alternativesRoyal TS provides easy and secure access to your remote systems
Unlock the power to remotely manage your systems on multiple platforms!
Royal TS is the perfect tool for server admins, system engineers, developers and IT focused information workers who constantly need to access.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Germany
- EU
+4
99 Tilix alternativesTilix is a tiling terminal emulator which uses the VTE GTK+ 3 widget with the following features:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
Canada
+2
Fast, polished native macOS terminal. Real login shells on a Metal surface (SwiftUI + libghostty), with native windows and tabs, per-tab zoom, find in scrollback, and a color theme catalog. Secure by default: signed and notarized builds, auto-updates via Sparkle, no account, no...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
+2
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- GNOME
- Linux Mobile
- United States
86 xterm alternativesThe xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- United States
