TotalTerminal Alternatives

TotalTerminal is described as '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?' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to TotalTerminal for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best TotalTerminal alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TotalTerminal are iTerm2, Kitty terminal, Tess and Wave Terminal.

filter to find the best alternatives

TotalTerminal alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators but may also be Shells. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of TotalTerminal.
  • ...

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?

More about TotalTerminal
TotalTerminal alternatives page was last updated Jul 23, 2024
  1. yeahconsole icon
     3 likes

    YeahConsole turns an xterm into a gamelike console. This means it will slide down from top of your screen if you hit a shortcut key. (You will need xterm version 168 or higher to make this happen).

    18 yeahconsole alternatives
    yeahconsole screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    yeahconsole Features

    1.  Dropdown terminal
    yeahconsole iconTotalTerminal Icon

    yeahconsole VS TotalTerminal

    Is yeahconsole a good alternative to TotalTerminal?
     
  2. Windows Quake Style Console icon
     Like this app

    Windows Quake style console wrapper (cmd wrapper), that shows at Win+~ key and allow to run inside it different programs, e.g. FAR Manager.

    14 Windows Quake Style Console alternatives
    Windows Quake Style Console screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer supported. Last update was made on August 19th, 2013.

    Windows Quake Style Console iconTotalTerminal Icon

    Windows Quake Style Console VS TotalTerminal

    Is this a good alternative to TotalTerminal?
     
  3.  Like this app

    YAET is a terminal emulator built on Xterm.js and Electron. It can interpret escape sequences that allow shell scripts and other programs to write HTML content directly to the terminal, or display content from the web.

    51 YAET alternatives
    YAET screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • npm
    • Node.JS
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD

    YAET Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Electron based
    3.  Integrated Web Browser
    TotalTerminal Icon

    YAET VS TotalTerminal

    Is YAET a good alternative to TotalTerminal?
     
  4. mintty-quake-console icon
     Like this app

    An AutoHotkey script that enables a quake-style terminal-on-a-hotkey for mintty.

    14 mintty-quake-console alternatives
    mintty-quake-console screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • mintty

    mintty-quake-console Features

    1.  Autohotkey
    2.  Quake-style
    mintty-quake-console iconTotalTerminal Icon

    mintty-quake-console VS TotalTerminal

    Is mintty-quake-console a good alternative to TotalTerminal?
     
You are at page 2 of TotalTerminal alternatives