Yakuake Alternatives for Windows

Yakuake is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is Windows Terminal, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Yakuake and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Yakuake are ConEmu, MobaXterm, Alacritty and Tess.

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  1. Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...

    103 Windows Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Windows Terminal is the most popular Windows alternative to Yakuake.

    • Windows Terminal is Free and Open SourceYakuake is also Free and Open Source
    • Windows Terminal is CustomizableYakuake is not according to our users
  2. ConEmu icon
     386 likes

    Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.

    62 ConEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. MobaXterm icon
     226 likes

    MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super easy to use, lightweight and portable.

    115 MobaXterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Alacritty icon
     70 likes

    Alacritty is a blazing fast, GPU accelerated terminal emulator. It’s written in Rust and uses OpenGL for rendering to be the fastest terminal emulator available. Alacritty is available on GitHub in source form.

    84 Alacritty alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Comments about Alacritty as an Alternative to Yakuake
    Centaro
    Negative
    2

    Not top down by default. The GUI is not as appealing.

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    • Alacritty is Free and Open SourceYakuake is also Free and Open Source
  5. Tess icon
     16 likes

    Tess is a terminal emulator. It lets you have a full access to your computer, use command line based programs and many more.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. WezTerm icon
     21 likes

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

    101 WezTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. ForceTerm icon
     5 likes

    Fully featured terminal based on JediTerm.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Java
     
  8. ConsoleZ icon
     27 likes

    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
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    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
  9. Console icon
     97 likes

    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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    1
    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
  10. Extraterm icon
     8 likes

    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 (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Cygwin
     
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    1
    Comments about Extraterm as an Alternative to Yakuake
    Centaro
    Negative
    0

    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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