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 23, 2024
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  1. Terminology icon

    Terminology

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    Terminology 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Terminology Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Split tabs

    Terminology VS Yakuake

     
  2. Termux Monet icon

    Termux Monet

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    A terminal emulator application for Android 8+ OS extendible by variety of packages, with Monet support and experimental features.

    58 Termux Monet alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    Termux Monet screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The app was discontinued.

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Support for scripting
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Autocompletion
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Syntax Highlighting
    9.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Termux Monet VS Yakuake

     
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    Stjerm

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    Stjerm is a roll-down, quake-like terminal emulator. It's window is shown with a key shortcut. Stjerm is very minimalistic and works well with Compiz window manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Stjerm screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    No longer maintained per notice at repo: https://github.com/stjerm/stjerm

    Properties

    1.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Dropdown terminal

    Stjerm VS Yakuake

     
  5. ddterm icon

    ddterm

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    Drop down terminal extension for the Gnome desktop environment.

    15 ddterm alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    ddterm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Ad-free

    ddterm VS Yakuake

     
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    terminalpp

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    terminalpp (terminal++) is a minimalist but powerful terminal emulator which provides the same features and user experience on both Windows and Linux.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    terminalpp on WIndows 10.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    terminalpp VS Yakuake

     
  7. Contour Terminal Emulator icon

    Contour Terminal Emulator

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    Contour is a modern terminal emulator, for everyday use. It is aiming for power users with a modern feature mindset.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Contour Terminal Emulator screenshot 1

    Contour Terminal Emulator Features

    1.  Font Ligature Support
    2.  Emoji Text support

    Contour Terminal Emulator VS Yakuake

     
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    yeahconsole

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    YeahConsole turns an xterm into a gamelike console. This means it will slide down from top of your screen if you hit a shortcut key. (You will need xterm version 168 or higher to make this happen).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    yeahconsole screenshot 1

    yeahconsole Features

    1.  Dropdown terminal

    yeahconsole VS Yakuake

     
  10. Another Term icon

    Another Term

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    SSH / Telnet / UART dongles (USB and Bluetooth) / own PTY client for Android.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    Another Term screenshot 1

    Another Term Features

    1.  Serial terminal
    2.  Bluetooth Support
    3.  Port Forwarding
    4.  SSH

    Another Term VS Yakuake

     

  11. YAET

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • npm
    • Node.JS
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    YAET screenshot 1

    YAET Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Electron based
    3.  Integrated Web Browser

    YAET VS Yakuake

     
  12. Windows Quake Style Console icon

    Windows Quake Style Console

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    Windows Quake style console wrapper (cmd wrapper), that shows at Win+~ key and allow to run inside it different programs, e.g. FAR Manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Windows Quake Style Console screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer supported. Last update was made on August 19th, 2013.

    Windows Quake Style Console VS Yakuake

     
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    FireCMD

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    FireCMD command shell has features like recursive aliases, command substitution using files, HTML and CSS support, which makes it a next generation command shell. It also remembers command history and last working directory for next session.

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    FireCMD user interface

    FireCMD Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Tabbed interface

    FireCMD VS Yakuake

     

    • FireCMD is the most popular commercial alternative to Yakuake.

    • FireCMD is Paid and ProprietaryYakuake is Free and Open Source
  14. Station (Maui Applications) icon

    Station (Maui Applications)

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    Station is a terminal emulation application that you can use to access a UNIX shell in a graphical environment. Station features different view modes such as split vertically and horizontally, a tabbed interface, and copy and paste commands.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • MX flagMexico

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Station (Maui Applications) screenshot 1

    Station (Maui Applications) Features

    1.  Command line interface

    Station (Maui Applications) VS Yakuake

     
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