Xterm Alternatives

Xterm Alternatives

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15 best xterm alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and more. Xterm alternative list source: invisible-island.net

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Compare top-ranked Xterm alternatives by score, license, and supported platforms.

AlternativeScoreLicensePlatforms
GNOME Terminal98% 281 votesFree, Open SourceLinux
Terminator98% 261 votesFree, Open SourceMac, Linux
ITerm298% 231 votesFree, Open SourceMac
Terminal97% 145 votesFreeMac
Hyper95% 87 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
Konsole96% 85 votesFree, Open SourceLinux
Tilda92% 77 votesFree, Open SourceLinux
Rxvt-unicode95% 57 votesFree, Open SourceMac, Linux
Xfce-Terminal87% 53 votesFree, Open SourceLinux
Cool Retro Term87% 39 votesFree, Open SourceMac, Linux
Tilix83% 35 votesFree, Open SourceLinux
Upterm85% 33 votesFree, Open SourceMac, Linux
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GNOME Terminal

Score: 98%

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A terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment written by Havoc Pennington and others terminal in GNOME. Allows users to execute commands via terminal emulators Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,BSD
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Terminator

Score: 98%

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Terminator in a single window, if multiple terminals. The goal of this project is to produce a useful tool for the arrangement of the terminals. This GNOME multiterm, quadrosol, etc is inspired by programs such as. the focus (tabs Terminator supports the most common Standard method) is the order of terminals in the grid. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Linux,BSD
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ITerm2

Score: 98%

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ITerm2 for terminal and the successor location of the item. Marcos works with Windows Vista or newer on Mac. iTerm2 brings the terminal functions with the modern time Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac
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Terminal

Score: 97%

FreeMac
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Mac OS built-in in a terminal window. A " lean, but mean so it is not meant to be fully inflated bubbles, it is. Features:Free,Mac
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Hyper

Score: 95%

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The hyper™ is based on open web standards, beautiful and extensible cross-terminal. An elegant script all uniform experience. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,Electron,/,Atom,Shell
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Konsole

Score: 96%

FreeOpen SourceLinux
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The console is a terminal emulator is part of the KDE software compilation free. Tabbed terminals; tab; transparent backgrounds; Split-View mode, index, and SSH bookmarking; Customizable color schemes; Customizable shortcuts; notifications about silence or activity in a terminal; incremental search; - export in HTML or plain text as the output format. Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,BSD
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Tilda

Score: 92%

FreeOpen SourceLinux
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Tilda first-person shooter games, Quake, Doom and Half-Life a couple of to similarity-based Linux terminals, wherein the Terminal Classic then Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,BSD
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3

Rxvt-unicode

Score: 95%

FreeOpen SourceMacLinux
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Rxvt-Unicode-terminal-emulator-fork of rxvt is very customizable. Often known as urxvt, rxvt-Unicode, in order to minimize the use of system resources to customers can be demonized in a single process. Marc Lehmann developed by rxvt-Unicode and Unicode-support Perl extensions for some features, to assist the superior international language, with the possibility of multiple fonts. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Linux
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Xfce-Terminal

Score: 87%

FreeOpen SourceLinux
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The terminal primarily for the Xfce desktop environment, Unix/Linux, a modern terminal emulator for the desktop. Turkish is lightweight and easy to use developed terminal emulator for the desktop environment, because we saw a need for this does not require the user to install the GNOME platform, but still offers a valuable alternative to the GNOME terminal emulator. Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,BSD,Xfce
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Cool Retro Term

Score: 87%

FreeOpen SourceMacLinux
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A graphical terminal emulator that mimics the old cathode ray tube screens, the appearance of a very stylish look designed for choices. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Linux
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Tilix

Score: 83%

FreeOpen SourceLinux
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DIABETES picles with the following features GTK+ terminal emulator widget used 3 tiles: terminals or horizontally through the division of the layout in a different way Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux
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Upterm

Score: 85%

FreeOpen SourceMacLinux
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21. a terminal emulator for centuries. (old) black screen, auto-completion interactive shell and terminal emulator. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Linux,Electron,/,Atom,Shell
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Terminology

Score: 83%

FreeOpen SourceLinux
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Terminology is a terminal emulator for E17. What does it do? Emulates thrown a slightly extended vt100 with some extensions and bling. Most of them are illegal, xterm, rxvt, etc are supported. Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,BSD
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Alacritty

Score: 76%

FreeOpen SourceMacLinux
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BlackBerry is emulators is the result of frustration with the existing terminal. Many tmux with vim in terminals a particularly bad experience. None of them is fast enough. So, there are some good alternatives for Linux. For example, urxvt st good experiences. The big disadvantage with this option nonX11 configure and run it on the platforms, and the inability of difficulty. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Linux
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Pantheon Terminal

Score: 76%

FreeOpen SourceLinux
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Super light, beautiful, and simple Terminal. Sane default, and no configuration is designed for small installation. At least one terminal, nothing more, it is nothing. Elementary OS is designed. Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux

Xterm alternatives FAQ

What is the best Xterm alternative?

GNOME Terminal is currently the top-ranked option on this list based on community votes and item score.

Are there free Xterm alternatives?

Yes. Free, freemium, or open-source options in this list include GNOME Terminal, Terminator, iTerm2, Terminal, Hyper.

Which platforms are covered?

The alternatives in this list include options for Linux, Mac, Windows, depending on each product.

How are alternatives ranked?

Alternatives are ordered by community voting signals, item score, and the available product details collected for each option.

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