Stjerm AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like Stjerm

Stjerm is described as 'Roll-down, quake-like terminal emulator. It's window is shown with a key shortcut. Stjerm is very minimalistic and works well with Compiz window manager' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Stjerm for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows and KDE Plasma apps. The best Stjerm alternative is iTerm2, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Stjerm are Kitty terminal, Yakuake, WezTerm and Guake terminal.

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  1. iTerm2 icon
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    Terminal emulator for macOS enabling split panes, session restoration, advanced customization, search, SSH, automation features, tmux integration, Unicode, mouse support, notifications, inline images, broadcast input, and profile management.

    84 iTerm2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • iTerm2 is the most popular Mac alternative to Stjerm.

    • iTerm2 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Stjerm.

    • iTerm2 is Free and Open SourceStjerm is also Free and Open Source
    • iTerm2 is Customizable and LightweightStjerm is not according to our users
  2. Kitty terminal icon
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    Kitty ( not to be confused with KiTTY ) is a powerful, cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator. It offloads rendering to the GPU and uses OpenGL for fast, cross-platform performance with built-in tiling layouts as well as graphic, unicode...

    83 Kitty terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
    • Kitty terminal is the most popular Linux alternative to Stjerm.

    • Kitty terminal is Free and Open SourceStjerm is also Free and Open Source
    • Kitty terminal is LightweightStjerm is not according to our users
  3. Yakuake icon
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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.

    41 Yakuake alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
    • Flathub
     
  4. WezTerm icon
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    A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

    99 WezTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • WezTerm is the most popular Windows alternative to Stjerm.

    • WezTerm is Free and Open SourceStjerm is also Free and Open Source
    • WezTerm is LightweightStjerm is not according to our users
  5. Guake terminal icon
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    Guake 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).

    41 Guake terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. tilda icon
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    Tilda is a Linux terminal taking after the likeness of many classic terminals from first person shooter games, Quake, Doom and Half-Life to name a few, where the terminal has no border and is hidden from the desktop till a key or keys is hit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Qonsole icon
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    "A Quake-like Console Emulator." Proudly under the MIT License.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. yeahconsole icon
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    YeahConsole turns an xterm into a gamelike console. This means it will slide down from top of your screen if you hit a shortcut key. (You will need xterm version 168 or higher to make this happen).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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