Guake

Guake is a multilingual, top-down terminal for GNOME that lets you instantly show and hide a console window with a single keystroke. Inspired by the famous terminal from Quake, it eliminates workflow interruptions by keeping your terminal just a hotkey away.

Key Features:

• Instant Access: Press your hotkey to reveal the terminal, execute commands, and hide it again without leaving your keyboard
• Multiple Tabs: Use several named tabs with automatic naming based on running commands, plus custom shortcuts for quick navigation
• Multi-Monitor Support: Open Guake on the monitor where your mouse is located or designate a specific screen
• Quick Open: Click filenames in terminal output to open them directly in your favorite text editor, with line and column positioning
• 130+ Color Palettes: Choose from over 130 predefined color schemes with instant preview
• Auto-Configuration: Start Guake automatically at login and execute custom scripts to set up your tabs
• Smooth Integration: Seamless GNOME environment integration with Compiz transparency and show animations

Easy Installation: Guake is packaged in Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, ArchLinux, and many other distributions. Source code is available via git repository for custom builds.

Open Source: Written primarily in Python using GTK-2 bindings, Guake welcomes community contributions through pull requests and translations.