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The best Terminal Emulator alternative to Terminal is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Terminal and loads of them are Terminal Emulators so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Terminal Emulator alternatives to Terminal are Ghostty, Tabby, Termux and iTerm2.

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  1. PuTTY icon

    PuTTY

     1451 likes

    Free and open-source terminal emulator for connecting to remote systems via SSH, Telnet, and SCP. Portable with no installation required, providing lightweight functionality. Ideal for secure connections with features like command line support and customizable settings. Works offline effortlessly.

    115 PuTTY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
    • Flathub
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    Comments about PuTTY as an Alternative to Terminal
    shaunhenderson
    Negative
    0

    This is only for Telnet/SSH

    PuTTY icon
    PuTTY icon
    • PuTTY is Free and Open SourceTerminal is Free and Proprietary
    • PuTTY is LightweightTerminal is not according to our users
  2. Ghostty icon

    Ghostty

     61 likes

    Cross-platform terminal emulator balancing speed, platform-native UI, and modern features. Designed for an enhanced interactive CLI environment, offering full standards compliance for seamless integration with shells and CLI tools.

    58 Ghostty alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
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  4. Tabby icon

    Tabby

     119 likes

    Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.

    106 Tabby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Termux icon

    Termux

     116 likes

    Experience a powerful Unix terminal on Android without the need for rooting. Customize with packages via Apt, run command-line tools, SSH, and program in C, Python, and more. Enjoy a full Unix environment with bash, zsh, mouse support, and external display compatibility.

    103 Termux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • zsh
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell
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  6. iTerm2 icon

    iTerm2

     174 likes

    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.

    86 iTerm2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    By Itself
     
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    Comments about iTerm2 as an Alternative to Terminal
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Cleaner interface, endless customisation with oh-my-zsh, works perfectly.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    quadratic
    Positive
    0

    iTerm2's UI is more clean and intuitive, but it still allows for more power and customization than the default terminal.

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    • iTerm2 is Free and Open SourceTerminal is Free and Proprietary
    • iTerm2 is Customizable and LightweightTerminal is not according to our users
  7. Windows Terminal icon

    Windows Terminal

     93 likes

    Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...

    104 Windows Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. ConEmu icon

    ConEmu

     386 likes

    Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.

    63 ConEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. MobaXterm icon

    MobaXterm

     227 likes

    MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super easy to use, lightweight and portable.

    117 MobaXterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MobaXterm tabbed terminal
     
  11. Kitty terminal icon

    Kitty terminal

     58 likes

    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...

    85 Kitty terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  12. Alacritty icon

    Alacritty

     70 likes

    Alacritty is a blazing fast, GPU accelerated terminal emulator. It’s written in Rust and uses OpenGL for rendering to be the fastest terminal emulator available. Alacritty is available on GitHub in source form.

    85 Alacritty alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  13. ReTerminal icon

    ReTerminal

     19 likes

    ReTerminal is a sleek, Material 3-inspired terminal emulator designed as a modern alternative to the legacy Jackpal Terminal. Built on Termux's robust TerminalView.

    58 ReTerminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  14. Konsole icon

    Konsole

     75 likes

    Konsole is a terminal to run a command shell. It provides a command line interface for directly controlling your computer.

    72 Konsole alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • KDE
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