Tabby Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   lvdTerm

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   lvdterm is an open-source alternative to tools like mputty, teraterm, ... : one window, tabs and split panes, saved connections organized in folders, and an SFTP file browser docked alongside your shell — built on Qt 6 and a vendored, Windows-ported copy of...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • SSH Client

   Origin

   • Italy
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Italy
   • EU

   

   

   

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   MyShell

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   MyShell is a native cross-platform desktop shell workspace for macOS, Windows, and Linux designed to bridge the gap between traditional terminal emulators and modern AI-assisted developer workflows.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Terminal Emulator

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • United States

   

   

   

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   DumbTerm

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   A stupidly simple web-based terminal emulator, with common tools and Starship enabled (via Docker)!

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Terminal Emulator

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • Docker

   

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   Command Book

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   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

   Application typeApplication types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • Process Management

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

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   ShellPilot SSH Client

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   ShellPilot is an SSH client and SFTP file manager for Android, maintained for Android 15 and 16. It connects with a password or a key (Ed25519 or RSA, in OpenSSH or PEM format), and handles servers that sign in through a login prompt — macOS Remote Login and PAM setups — as well...

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • SSH Client

   Platforms

   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad

   

   

   

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   Ratty

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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)

   Origin

   • Türkiye

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Rust

   • Türkiye

   

   

   

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   Ctrl-V Terminal

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   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.

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • SSH Client

   Origin

   • Netherlands
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Netherlands
   • EU

   

   

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    vnm_terminal

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    vnm_terminal is a free, open-source terminal emulator for Windows and Linux, with GPU-accelerated rendering and one terminal session per window.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Terminal Emulator

    Origin

    • Cyprus
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    • Cyprus
    • EU

    

    

    

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    Fleet Terminal

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    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

    • Terminal Emulator

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

    

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    mRemoteNXT

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    Native macOS multi-protocol remote connection client — SSH, RDP, Telnet, SFTP, HTTP/HTTPS in tabs. Imports mRemoteNG confCons.xml byte-for-byte. Built with Swift, FreeRDP and SwiftTerm.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Origin

    • Romania
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac

    • Romania
    • EU

    

    

    

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    havoc

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    minimal terminal emulator for wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

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    cterm

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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

    • Terminal Emulator

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    

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