The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly.
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Windows Terminal Alternatives
Windows Terminal is described as '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' and is a popular terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Windows Terminal for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best Windows Terminal alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Windows Terminal are Tabby, Termux, Cmder and ConEmu.
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67 xterm alternatives
79 Tilix alternativesTilix is a tiling terminal emulator which uses the VTE GTK+ 3 widget with the following features:
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76 ZOC alternativesZOC is a powerful and well-established terminal emulator and telnet client, well known for its outstanding user interface with tabbed multi session support.
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Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.60 by Simon Tatham and team.
66 Xfce4-Terminal alternativesXfce Terminal is a lightweight and easy to use terminal emulator application with many advanced features including drop down, tabs, unlimited scrolling, full colors, fonts, transparent backgrounds, and more.
51 cmux alternativesNative macOS app built on Ghostty. Vertical tabs, notification rings when agents need attention, split panes, and a socket API for automation.
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39 Terminology alternativesTerminology is a terminal emulator for e17.
What does it do?
It emulates a slightly extended vt100 with some extensions and bling thrown in.
Most escapes supported by xterm, rxvt etc. work Xterm 256 color escapes work Backgrounds (bitmap, scalable/vector, animated.
83 ConsoleZ alternativesconsole - This is a modified version of Console 2 for a better experience under Windows Vista/7/8 and a better visual rendering.
17 wsl-terminal alternativesA terminal emulator for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), includes mintty, wslbridge, cbwin, and some other useful tools.
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