Termux Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Termux is PuTTY, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Ghostty, Tabby, Windows Terminal and MobaXterm. You're spoiled for choice with Terminal Emulators like Termux: we list more than 100 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPhone.

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  1. ForceTerm icon
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    Fully featured terminal based on JediTerm.

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Java
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  2. ZOC icon
     71 likes

    ZOC is a powerful and well-established terminal emulator and telnet client, well known for its outstanding user interface with tabbed multi session support.

    101 ZOC alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  3. JuiceSSH icon
     33 likes

    The all in one terminal client for Android including SSH, Local Shell, Mosh and Telnet support.

    132 JuiceSSH alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • mosh
    • OpenSSH
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  4. GNOME Console icon
     7 likes

    A simple user-friendly terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop.

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    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Linux Mobile
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  5. SecureCRT icon
     35 likes

    SecureCRT combines rock-solid terminal emulation with the strong encryption, data integrity, and authentication options of the Secure Shell protocol. SecureCRT provides secure remote access, file transfer, and data tunneling for everyone in your organization.

    90 SecureCRT alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. mintty icon
     40 likes

    Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.60 by Simon Tatham and team.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  7. Termux Monet icon
     1 like

    A terminal emulator application for Android 8+ OS extendible by variety of packages, with Monet support and experimental features.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
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  8. xterm icon
     31 likes

    The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly.

    87 xterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. iTerm icon
     30 likes

    iTerm is a full featured terminal emulation program written for OS X using Cocoa. We are aiming at providing users with best command line experience under OS X. The letter i represents a native Apple look and feel of the program interface, and an emphasis on complete...

    97 iTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. Xshell icon
     42 likes

    Xshell is a powerful SSH1, SSH2, SFTP, TELNET, RLOGIN and SERIAL terminal emulator for Windows platforms. It allows users to gain access to Unix/Linux hosts easily and securely on a Windows workstation.

    79 Xshell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
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  11. Xfce4-Terminal icon
     39 likes

    Xfce Terminal is a lightweight and easy to use terminal emulator application with many advanced features including drop down, tabs, unlimited scrolling, full colors, fonts, transparent backgrounds, and more.

    83 Xfce4-Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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