Termite AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like Termite

Termite is described as 'A keyboard-centric VTE-based terminal, aimed at use within a window manager with tiling and/or tabbing support' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Termite for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and iPad apps. The best Termite alternative is Tabby Terminal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Termite are ConEmu, mRemoteNG, iTerm2 and MobaXterm.

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  1. Tabby Terminal icon
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    Tabby Terminal

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

    98 Tabby Terminal alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Support for SFTP
    4.  Multiple Servers
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Portable
    7.  Serial-port
    8.  Electron based
    9.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Tabbed interface
    12.  Ad-free
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    • Tabby Terminal is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Termite.

    • Tabby Terminal is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Termite.

    • Tabby Terminal is Free and Open SourceTermite is also Free and Open Source
    • Tabby Terminal is CustomizableTermite is not according to our users
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    ConEmu

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

    58 ConEmu alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ConEmu screenshot 1
    Alpha transparency in ConEmu
    +2
    Windows 7 Jump list

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Shell integration
    3.  Quake-style
    4.  ANSI color support
    5.  Split-screen view
    6.  Multi-tabs
    7.  Portable
    8.  Multiple window layouts
    9.  Command line interface
    10.  Support environment variables
    11.  Remote Debugging
    12.  Kubernetes
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  4. mRemoteNG icon
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    mRemoteNG

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    mRemoteNG is a fork of mRemote , an open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager.

    75 mRemoteNG alternatives
    Config Connections

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Top mRemoteNG Features

    1.  RDP
    2.  SSH
    3.  RDP Functionality
    4.  Tabbed interface
    5.  Tree view
    6.  Support for Multiple protocols
    7.  Built-in SSH client
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Connect via RDP
    10.  Secure Copy (SCP)
    11.  Supports SSL Certificates
    12.  VNC Support
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  5. iTerm2 icon
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    iTerm2

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    iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. It works on Macs with macOS 10.10 or newer. iTerm2 brings the terminal into the modern age with features you never knew you always wanted.

    80 iTerm2 alternatives
    By Itself

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Autocomplete
    Split Panes
    +9
    Paste History

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Supports Python
    2.  SSH
    3.  Integrated Search
    4.  Key binding
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Multiple Profiles
    7.  Split windows
    8.  Quake-style
    9.  Notifications
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  6. MobaXterm icon
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    MobaXterm

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    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.

    107 MobaXterm alternatives
    MobaXterm tabbed terminal

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Graphical SFTP browser
    Multi-execution
    +7
    Remote Unix desktop (XDMCP)

    Top MobaXterm Features

    1.  X server
    2.  Support for SFTP
    3.  SSH
    4.  Tabbed interface
    5.  Embedded Xserver
    6.  Portable
    7.  RDP Functionality
    8.  Multiple Terminal
    9.  Support for Multiple protocols
    10.  Built-in File Manager
    11. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    12.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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  7. Alacritty icon
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    Alacritty

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    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.

    80 Alacritty alternatives
    Alacritty screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Alacritty screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  GPU Support
    2.  No input delay
    3.  Portable
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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  9. Kitty terminal icon
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    Kitty terminal

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    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...

    80 Kitty terminal alternatives
    Kitty terminal screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Kitty terminal screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  GPU based
    2.  Font Ligature Support
    3.  Split-screen view
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  Tiling Layouts
    6.  Full keyboard shortcuts
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  Syntax Highlighting
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  10. Terminator icon
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    Terminator

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    Terminator enables the user to run and manage multiple terminal emulators side-by-side in the same window. The main focus is arranging terminals in a grid. (Tabs is the most common default method, which Terminator also supports.

    85 Terminator alternatives
    Terminator is running Vim, Bash, and Python side by side.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
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    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Split-screen view
    2.  Function Key Shortcuts
    3.  Tiling Layouts
    4.  Split windows
    5.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  Multiple Terminal
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  11. GNOME Terminal icon
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    GNOME Terminal

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    GNOME Terminal is a terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment written by Havoc Pennington and others. Terminal emulators allow users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical desktop.

    68 GNOME Terminal alternatives
    GNOME Terminal screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Background transparency
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  12. Hyper icon
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    Hyper

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    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.

    92 Hyper alternatives
    Splitting terminals

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    Windows running WSL
    Windows running Powershell and Oh My Posh
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    Windows running CMD

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Electron based
    4.  Split-screen view
    5.  Tiling Panes
    6.  Uses Packages
    7.  Plugin API
    8.  Divisible
    9.  Skinnable
    10.  Multiple Font Colors
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  13. Yakuake icon
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    Yakuake

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    Yakuake is a drop-down (Quake-style) terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again.

    38 Yakuake alternatives
    Yakuake screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dropdown terminal
    2.  Split tabs
    3.  Make window transparent
    4.  KDE
    5.  Tabbed interface
    6.  Quake-style
    7.  Built-in search engine
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  14. Konsole icon
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    Konsole

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

    63 Konsole alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • KDE
    Some of Konsole's new features in 20.08 release.
    Dolphin using the integrate Konsole widget.
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    Konsole supports multiple tabs per windows.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Multi-tabs
    2.  Dual Pane Support
    3.  Color Palette
    4.  Tiling Layouts
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    Konsole VS Termite

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