A terminal emulator application for Android 8+ OS extendible by variety of packages, with Monet support and experimental features.
Platforms
- Android
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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Tilda is a Linux terminal taking after the likeness of many classic terminals from first person shooter games, Quake, Doom and Half-Life to name a few, where the terminal has no border and is hidden from the desktop till a key or keys is hit.
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
An AI-native terminal for developers. Manage servers, automate commands, and run agentic tasks — all in one beautifully designed, cross-platform workspace.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Estonia
EU
82 Chrome Secure Shell alternativesSecure Shell is an xterm-compatible terminal emulator and stand-alone ssh client for Chrome. It uses Native-Client to connect directly to ssh servers without the need for external proxies.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- Google Chrome
United States
35 ExtraPuTTY alternativesExtraPuTTY is a fork from 0.65 version of PuTTY and has all the features from the original while adding new ones as described below:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
44 Voktty alternativesVoktty is an open-source, ultra-lightweight (~8MB) terminal-first developer workspace and AI-native environment built with Tauri 2, Rust, React 19, and xterm.js WebGL. Designed as a fast, resource-friendly alternative to heavy Electron IDEs and proprietary AI terminals, Voktty...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Arch Linux
Spain- EU
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A cross-platform SSH client with SFTP, a database client and server monitoring, plus a built-in MCP server that lets AI agents work over SSH without holding your keys.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple Watch
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sakura is a terminal emulator based on GTK and VTE. It's a terminal emulator with few dependencies, so you don't need a full GNOME desktop installed to have a decent terminal emulator. Current terminal emulators based on VTE are gnome-terminal, XFCE Terminal, TermIt and...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Oryxis is a desktop SSH/SFTP client with a modern UI, an encrypted local vault for credentials, and no cloud account anywhere in the loop. No Electron, no webview, no vendor servers. Just a single native binary.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Brazil
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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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- npm
- Node.JS
- Mac
- Linux
- Windows
- BSD
- Global
Y
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
53 devglow alternativesdevglow is a macOS menu bar app that replaces terminal tabs, pm2, and port killer utilities for local development. It lets you register any shell command — whether it's Next.js, Vite, Hugo, Rails, Flask, Cargo, Go, or Docker — and manage everything from a single interface.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
South Korea
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