Terminal Alternatives

Apps similar to Terminal include PuTTY, which is free and open source. Other options are Ghostty, Tabby, Termux and Windows Terminal. Terminal Emulators like Terminal are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPhone.

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  1. A modern MobaXterm/PuTTY alternative for Windows: tabbed SSH + VNC, a full SFTP file manager, and Ctrl+V to paste images straight into a remote terminal over SFTP.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Command Book is a native Swift/Swift UI app to help developers run and manage commands that traditionally have been run in the terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. Fleet Terminal is a native macOS terminal built for running several AI coding agents side by side. Every session gets a row in the sidebar with a live status colour — working, your turn, needs permission, question, MCP call in flight — plus a short plain-English line about what...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. DumbTerm icon
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    A stupidly simple web-based terminal emulator, with common tools and Starship enabled (via Docker)!

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  5. cterm icon
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    cterm is a tiny terminal emulator I built from frustrations of not being able to use st across different platforms. Much like st, it is very, very small--even smaller than st. For this reason, however, cterm does not have the "standard" terminal emulator features such...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (ISC)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  6. Yorishiro icon
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    Yorishiro is a new kind of terminal that gives your AI a body — and a sense of presence.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  7. Ratty icon
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    A GPU-rendered terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics. Inspired by TempleOS. Built with Rust & Ratatui.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Rust
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  8. Free, open-source MobaXterm alternative for macOS: SSH client and terminal with an SFTP file browser, remote file editor and agentless server monitoring.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    minimal terminal emulator for wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  10. Reach SSH icon
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    A free, open-source SSH client with SFTP, remote desktop, port tunneling and built-in database tools, for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
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