Windows Terminal Alternatives

Apps similar to Windows Terminal include Ghostty, which is free and open source. Other options are Tabby, Termux, MobaXterm and Cmder. There's no shortage of Terminal Emulators like Windows Terminal, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone.

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  1. iLead icon
     5 likes

    Native SSH client and encrypted vault for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Keep hosts, keys, notes, and tunnels on your machine without cloud inventory or telemetry. Use tabbed SSH, SFTP, port forwards, fleet commands, and an approval-based local MCP bridge.

    51 iLead alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. TermioWin icon
     1 like

    AI-ready multi-pane Windows terminal in your browser. Run Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex, and 14+ AI tools locally — with MCP server, prompt automation, and LAN remote access.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  3. Reach SSH icon
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    A free, open-source SSH client with SFTP, remote desktop, port tunneling and built-in database tools, for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
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  4. Zync icon
     1 like

    Zync is a free SSH workspace for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It’s for people who live in terminals and SSH all day and don’t want their host keys and passwords sitting in someone else’s cloud.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. PieTTY icon
     8 likes

    PieTTY is a free SSH client based on PuTTY and dedicated to multilingual (especially CJK) environments, accessibility, and simpler user interface. "Glass Window Mode" : Alpha-blending / HW-accelerated transparency & drop-shadow.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. OmniPTY icon
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    Native macOS and Linux terminal emulator written in Rust and GPU-rendered with GPUI, combining PTY and VT support with vim-driven file browsing, splits, tabs, tmux-style workspaces, a shell-aware status bar, powerline prompt, vim copy mode, and one reloadable TOML configuration file.

    51 OmniPTY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Homebrew
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  7. cterm icon
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    cterm is a tiny terminal emulator I built from frustrations of not being able to use st across different platforms. Much like st, it is very, very small--even smaller than st. For this reason, however, cterm does not have the "standard" terminal emulator features such...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (ISC)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. DockTerm icon
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    DockTerm is a desktop terminal workspace for Claude Code. Every pane is a real terminal running your own claude session, with tabs, splits and grids.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  9. Free, open-source MobaXterm alternative for macOS: SSH client and terminal with an SFTP file browser, remote file editor and agentless server monitoring.

    51 Northshell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  10. A secure, cross-platform SSH credential manager and terminal with cloud sync.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. terminALL icon
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    SSH terminal, live desktop, SFTP files and Wake-on-LAN for your own Linux, Windows and Mac computers, from iPhone and iPad, with no account.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  12. TermAI icon
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    TermAI is an AI-native mobile SSH terminal for iOS and Android. It pairs a normal SSH/SFTP client with an AI assistant in the terminal (describe a task in plain language, get a command to review before it runs — high-risk commands like rm -rf require confirmation), and built-in...

    71 TermAI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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