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Tess

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Tess is a terminal emulator. It lets you have a full access to your computer, use command line based programs and many more.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux
4.5 / 5 Avg rating (2)
10 likes
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0 news articles

Features

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  1.  Portable
  2.  Ad-free
  3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  4.  Support for scripting
  5.  No registration required
  6.  Dark Mode
  7.  Works Offline
  8.  Command line interface
  9.  No Tracking
  10.  Support for Themes
  11.  Lightweight
  12.  Privacy focused
  13.  Customizable
  14.  Tabbed interface

Tess News & Activities

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    K0RR added Tess as alternative to Liri Terminal
    10 days ago
  • MNIMN, dimanesterchuk and ij7zx liked Tess
    23 days ago
  • Mathemagician reviewed Tess  
    30 days ago

    Looks and feels great! A lot of potential but it seems like it's not in active development anymore.

    Last change on the main branch was 2 years ago, the dev branch 6 months ago.

  • arei22 liked Tess
    30 days ago
  • Asthowen rated Tess  
    about 1 month ago
  • Asthowen, Ola and gwrvan-barre liked Tess
    about 1 month ago
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Tess information

  • Developed by

    Clément Fouré
  • Licensing

    Open Source (MPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.5
  • Alternatives

    55 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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OS & Utilities

GitHub repository

  •  178 Stars
  •  16 Forks
  •  2 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 7, 2024 
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Tess, and it has gotten 10 likes

Tess was added to AlternativeTo by Moskador on Nov 1, 2024 and this page was last updated Nov 1, 2024.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Mathemagician
  
Top positive commentNov 5, 2024

Looks and feels great! A lot of potential but it seems like it's not in active development anymore.

Last change on the main branch was 2 years ago, the dev branch 6 months ago.

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What is Tess?

Tess is a terminal emulator. It lets you have a full access to your computer, use command line based programs and many more.

Intelligent Terminal

Tess was designed to provide you an optimal experience. Therefore, it has progress tracking support, notifications for completed process. It also has intelligent tabs that change their name depending of the current process, close confirmation and many more! These features are all configurable to suit your needs. All were designed to provide you the best experience as possible.

Work everywhere

It was designed to work on all computers. Also, Tess works on Windows, Linux. You will have the same experience on all your devices. Furthermore, Tess support platform-specific integrations like context menu on Windows. Tess also has a dynamic titlebar that work on all platforms. There is a perfect integration everywhere!

Built for you

Tess has been designed to match your needs. It comes with a ton of options and all of them are fully configurable in a dedicated configuration page. Moreover, Tess comes with a native support of plugins and themes. You can discover most of them in the marketplace. More, the extensions manager lets you install, update and remove extensions in less than one minute!

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