Wave Terminal AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like Wave Terminal

Wave Terminal is described as 'Wave is an open-source, AI-native terminal built for seamless developer workflows with inline rendering, a modern UI, and persistent sessions' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Wave Terminal for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and iPad apps. The best Wave Terminal alternative is Tabby Terminal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Wave Terminal are ConEmu, Termux, Windows Terminal and iTerm2.

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  1. Tabby Terminal icon
    Tabby Terminal icon

    Tabby Terminal

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

    97 Tabby Terminal alternatives
    Tabby Terminal screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Tabby Terminal screenshot 1
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Support for SFTP
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Multiple Servers
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Serial-port
    7.  Portable
    8.  Electron based
    9.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Tabbed interface
    12.  Ad-free
    13.  Syntax Highlighting
    14.  Support for scripting
    15.  Autocompletion
    16.  Persistent History
    Tabby Terminal iconWave Terminal Icon

    Tabby Terminal VS Wave Terminal

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    • Tabby Terminal is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Wave Terminal.

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

    • Tabby Terminal is Free and Open SourceWave Terminal is also Free and Open Source
    • Tabby Terminal is CustomizableWave Terminal 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.

    56 ConEmu alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ConEmu screenshot 1
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    +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
    13.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    14.  Create SSH users
    ConEmu iconWave Terminal Icon

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  4. Termux icon
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    Termux

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    Ready to go. Termux works directly with no rooting or setup required. At first start a minimal base system is installed automatically - you decide what to do next.

    97 Termux alternatives
    htop running natively

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • zsh
    • Bash

    Termux Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Integrated into iOS
    4.  MD5 signature
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Ad-free
    Termux iconWave Terminal Icon

    Termux VS Wave Terminal

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    • Termux is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Wave Terminal.

    • Termux is Free and Open SourceWave Terminal is also Free and Open Source
  5. Windows Terminal icon
    Windows Terminal icon

    Windows Terminal

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    Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...

    96 Windows Terminal alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Multiple shells
    3.  WSL integreation
    4.  Background transparency
    5.  Configured in JSON
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    8.  Multiple window layouts
    9.  Multi-tabs
    10.  Emoji Text support
    11.  Support for scripting
    12.  Dark Mode
    13.  Ad-free
    14.  SSH
    Windows Terminal iconWave Terminal Icon

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  6. 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.

    79 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.  SSH
    2.  Integrated Search
    3.  Key binding
    4.  Supports Python
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Notifications
    7.  Multiple Profiles
    8.  Split windows
    9.  Quake-style
    10.  Multiple languages
    iTerm2 iconWave Terminal Icon

    iTerm2 VS Wave Terminal

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  7. 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.

    106 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.  Windows Explorer Extension
    12.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    13.  Secure Copy (SCP)
    14.  Support for FTP
    MobaXterm iconWave Terminal Icon

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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...

    79 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
    Kitty terminal iconWave Terminal Icon

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  10. 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.

    76 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
    Alacritty iconWave Terminal Icon

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  11. 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.

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
    Terminator screenshot 1
    Terminator screenshot 2
    +1
    Terminator screenshot 3

    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
    Terminator iconWave Terminal Icon

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  12. GNOME Terminal icon
    GNOME Terminal icon

    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.

    67 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
    GNOME Terminal iconWave Terminal Icon

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  13. KiTTY icon
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    KiTTY

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    KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.

    88 KiTTY alternatives
    transparency settings

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    send to tray

    Top KiTTY Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Session Management
    3.  Portable
    4.  Auto-login
    5.  Ssh tunnel
    6.  Multiple Browser Tabs
    7.  Command line interface
    8.  VPS
    9.  Auto-saving
    10.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    11.  Built-in editor
    KiTTY iconWave Terminal Icon

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  14. Tess icon
    Tess icon

    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.

    55 Tess alternatives
    Tess screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Tess screenshot 1
    Tess screenshot 2
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    Tess screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    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.  Tabbed interface
    Tess iconWave Terminal Icon

    Tess VS Wave Terminal

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