Tilix Alternatives for Mac

Tilix is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Tilix and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Tilix are Tabby, PowerShell, iTerm2 and Kitty terminal.

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  1. Ghostty icon
     70 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.

    63 Ghostty alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
     
  2. Tabby icon
     126 likes

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

    114 Tabby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Tabby vs Tilix Comments
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    For windows it is a alternative to Tilix.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Tabby is Free and Open SourceTilix is also Free and Open Source
    • Tabby is Customizable and LightweightTilix is not according to our users
  3. PowerShell icon
     200 likes

    PowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework.

    70 PowerShell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
     
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    PowerShell vs Tilix Comments
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    powershell is alternative to bash or zsh or windows cmd. It's a framework and scripting language and shell, not a terminal which working with some shell

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • PowerShell is Free and Open SourceTilix is also Free and Open Source
    • PowerShell is LightweightTilix is not according to our users
  4. iTerm2 icon
     175 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.

    91 iTerm2 alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Kitty terminal icon
     60 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...

    91 Kitty terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. Alacritty icon
     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.

    91 Alacritty alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Hyper icon
     83 likes

    Hyper™ is a beautiful and extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards. It provides an elegant command-line experience that is consistent across all supported platforms which includes macOS, Windows and various Linux distributions like Fedora and Debian.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
  8. WezTerm icon
     21 likes

    A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

    107 WezTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Termora icon
     8 likes

    Termora is developed using Kotlin/JVM and partially implements the XTerm protocol (with ongoing improvements). Its ultimate vision is to achieve full platform support (including Android, iOS, and iPadOS) through Kotlin Multiplatform.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
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