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.