Tabby Alternatives

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

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  1. Rumus icon

    Rumus

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    An AI-native terminal for developers. Manage servers, automate commands, and run agentic tasks — all in one beautifully designed, cross-platform workspace.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • European Union flagEU
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  4. LilyTerm icon

    LilyTerm

     5 likes

    LilyTerm: light, but functional terminal emulator LilyTerm is a terminal emulator based off of libvte that aims to be fast and lightweight, Licensed under GPLv3.

    Features:

    1. Low resource-consumption -- No additional library required -- Supports "Single Instance Application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
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  5. mTerm icon

    mTerm

     1 like

    A native macOS terminal emulator. Opinionated, GPU-accelerated, focused.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    mTerm screenshot 1
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  6. Voktty icon

    Voktty

     2 likes

    Voktty is an open-source, ultra-lightweight (~8MB) terminal-first developer workspace and AI-native environment built with Tauri 2, Rust, React 19, and xterm.js WebGL. Designed as a fast, resource-friendly alternative to heavy Electron IDEs and proprietary AI terminals, Voktty...

    44 Voktty alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
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    • European Union flagEU
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  8. Saggar icon

    Saggar

     2 likes

    A native Mac terminal that keeps projects, sessions, and attention organized. Saggar tracks what is working, waiting, finished, and failed, then brings the sessions that need you to the front.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Online
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Saggar screenshot 1
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  9. CleverTerm icon

    CleverTerm

     1 like

    CleverTerm is a program to communicate with devices via RS232, RS422 or RS485 by using a serial port.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • European Union flagEU
    Expandable
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  10. VVTerm icon

    VVTerm

     1 like

    VVTerm is a native SSH client for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Connect to servers with passwords or SSH keys, browse remote files over SFTP, keep your hosts in sync with iCloud, and work comfortably across Apple devices with tmux, Mosh, and tunnel support.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Mac
    • HK flagHong Kong SAR China
    VVTerm screenshot 1
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  11. Pantheon Terminal icon

    Pantheon Terminal

     13 likes

    A super lightweight, beautiful, and simple terminal. It's designed to be setup with sane defaults and little to no configuration. It's just a terminal, nothing more, nothing less.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Pantheon Terminal running YouTube Music Player mpsyt
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  12. LXTerminal icon

    LXTerminal

     16 likes

    LXTerminal is the standard terminal emulator of LXDE. The terminal is a desktop-independent VTE-based terminal emulator for LXDE without any unnecessary dependency.

    69 LXTerminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
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  14. devglow icon

    devglow

     1 like

    devglow is a macOS menu bar app that replaces terminal tabs, pm2, and port killer utilities for local development. It lets you register any shell command — whether it's Next.js, Vite, Hugo, Rails, Flask, Cargo, Go, or Docker — and manage everything from a single interface.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • KR flagSouth Korea
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