Yakuake Alternatives

Yakuake is described as 'Drop-down (Quake-style) terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again' and is a popular terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Yakuake for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best Yakuake alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Yakuake are Termux, Windows Terminal, ConEmu and MobaXterm.

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  1. WezTerm icon
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    A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

    99 WezTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Ptyxis icon
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    Ptyxis is a terminal for GNOME that focuses on ease-of-use in a world of containers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
     
  3. ForceTerm icon
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    Fully featured terminal based on JediTerm.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Java
     
  4. foot icon
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    Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator. Supports daemon mode, Sixel, and scrollback search.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  5. ConsoleZ icon
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    console - This is a modified version of Console 2 for a better experience under Windows Vista/7/8 and a better visual rendering.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about ConsoleZ as an Alternative to Yakuake
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    Negative
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    Split screen does not work same. It is more like Konsole clone than Yakuake.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • ConsoleZ is Free and Open SourceYakuake is also Free and Open Source
  6. Console icon
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    Console is a Windows console window enhancement. Console features include: multiple tabs, text editor-like text selection, different background types, alpha and color-key transparency, configurable font, different window styles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    Comments about Console as an Alternative to Yakuake
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    This is not "drop-down" terminal.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Console is Free and Open SourceYakuake is also Free and Open Source
  7. tilda icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. TotalTerminal icon
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    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?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Extraterm icon
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    Extraterm is more than just a traditional terminal emulator. It provides a toolbox for working with your terminal and command line applications, allowing you to capture and reuse previous command output across your terminal sessions, preview images and rich media directly, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Cygwin
     
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    Comments about Extraterm as an Alternative to Yakuake
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    Cannot nicely zoom in and out with Ctl+Mousewheel

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    • Extraterm is Free and Open SourceYakuake is also Free and Open Source
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