Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Tess Alternatives
Apps similar to Tess include Ghostty, which is free and open source. Other options are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and MobaXterm. There's no shortage of Terminal Emulators like Tess, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, iPad and Android.
Alternatives list
A terminal emulator for the 21st century. (formerly) Black Screen is a terminal emulator and interactive shell with auto-completion.
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
Ukraine
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99 Tilix alternativesTilix is a tiling terminal emulator which uses the VTE GTK+ 3 widget with the following features:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
Canada
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console - This is a modified version of Console 2 for a better experience under Windows Vista/7/8 and a better visual rendering.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
75 WebSSH - SysAdmin Tools alternativesWhether you're on the go or at your desk, WebSSH keeps you connected — anytime, anywhere! ?(^?^)?
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
62 Extraterm alternativesExtraterm is more than just a traditional terminal emulator. It provides a toolbox for working with your terminal and command line applications, allowing you to capture and reuse previous command output across your terminal sessions, preview images and rich media directly, and...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Cygwin
- AppImage
- Typescript
Australia
50 tilda alternativesTilda is a Linux terminal taking after the likeness of many classic terminals from first person shooter games, Quake, Doom and Half-Life to name a few, where the terminal has no border and is hidden from the desktop till a key or keys is hit.
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
44 Voktty alternativesVoktty 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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Arch Linux
Spain
EU
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53 devglow alternativesdevglow 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
South Korea
Hardware-accelerated terminal emulator using WebGPU for smooth high frame rates, customizable GPU usage, asynchronous Rust foundation, efficient redux-based rendering, WebAssembly extensibility for tab systems, and both desktop and browser support.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- FreeBSD
- Flatpak
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (LGPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Homebrew
A system-wide terminal accessible via a hot-key. TotalTerminal is a plugin for Terminal.app. It provides persistent Visor Window which slides down when you press a hot-key. Remember Quake Console?
Platforms
- Mac
New Zealand
United States
