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, ConEmu, Windows Terminal and MobaXterm.

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Yakuake is a drop-down (Quake-style) terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology. Its design was inspired from...

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Yakuake alternatives page was last updated Jul 6, 2025
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  1. WindTerm icon

    WindTerm

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    A professional SSH/Telnet/Serial/Shell/Sftp client for DevOps.

    59 WindTerm alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    WindTerm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for SFTP
    2.  SSH
    3.  X server
    4.  Portable
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Cross-Platform
    7.  Command palette
    8.  Outliner

    WindTerm VS Yakuake

     
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    WezTerm

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

    96 WezTerm alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    WezTerm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Configurable
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  GPU Acceleration
    2.  Lua scripting
    3.  Hyperlinks
    4.  Font Ligature Support
    5.  WSL integreation
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  Support for scripting
    8.  Split tabs
    9.  Multi panel

    WezTerm VS Yakuake

     
  4. Cool Retro Term icon

    Cool Retro Term

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    Terminal emulator which mimics the look and feel of the old cathode tube screens, designed for eye-candy with lots of graphic options.

    56 Cool Retro Term alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Cool Retro Term screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  No registration required

    Cool Retro Term VS Yakuake

     
  5. Ptyxis icon

    Ptyxis

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    Ptyxis is a terminal for GNOME that focuses on ease-of-use in a world of containers.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    Ptyxis screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Container Virtualization
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Color Palette
    7.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    8.  Tabbed interface

    Ptyxis VS Yakuake

     
  6. foot icon

    foot

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    Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator. Supports daemon mode, Sixel, and scrollback search.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Minimalistic
    3.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Wayland Support

    foot VS Yakuake

     
  7. ForceTerm icon

    ForceTerm

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    Fully featured terminal based on JediTerm.

    51 ForceTerm alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Java
    ForceTerm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Portable
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Java based

    ForceTerm VS Yakuake

     
  9. ConsoleZ icon

    ConsoleZ

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ConsoleZ screenshot 1

    ConsoleZ Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Tabbed interface

    ConsoleZ VS Yakuake

     
    Comments about ConsoleZ as an Alternative to Yakuake
    Guest
    Negative May 2, 2017
    0

    Split screen does not work same. It is more like Konsole clone than Yakuake.

    Yakuake Icon
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    • ConsoleZ is Free and Open SourceYakuake is also Free and Open Source
  10. Console icon

    Console

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    Discontinued

    Last Update: 2013-06-12. Forked alternative: ConsoleZ icon ConsoleZ

    Console Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Portable
    3.  Tabbed interface

    Console VS Yakuake

     
    Comments about Console as an Alternative to Yakuake
    Guest
    Negative Nov 25, 2015
    0

    This is not "drop-down" terminal.

    Yakuake Icon
    Console icon
    • Console is Free and Open SourceYakuake is also Free and Open Source
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    tilda

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Tilda Pulled Down
    Discontinued

    The last version (0.9.6) was released in April 2008.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Dropdown terminal

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    Black Box

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    Black Box is a native terminal emulator that offers superb theming options.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Black Box screenshot 1

    Black Box Features

    1.  Terminal-based
    2.  Gtk

    Black Box VS Yakuake

     
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    Extraterm

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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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Cygwin
    Extraterm screenshot 1

    Extraterm Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Split tabs

    Extraterm VS Yakuake

     
    Comments about Extraterm as an Alternative to Yakuake
    Centaro
    Negative Dec 6, 2023
    0

    Cannot nicely zoom in and out with Ctl+Mousewheel

    Yakuake Icon
    Extraterm icon
    • Extraterm is Free and Open SourceYakuake is also Free and Open Source
  14. TotalTerminal icon

    TotalTerminal

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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?

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NZ flagNew Zealand

    Platforms

    • Mac
    TotalTerminal screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    TotalTerminal is no longer under active development

    TotalTerminal VS Yakuake

     
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