Terminal Emulators

Extraterm

A terminal emulator with built-in SSH, shell integration, and framed command output.

★ 2.8k · v0.82.0 · typescript

Tabby

A terminal for a more modern age.

★ 75k · v1.0.238 · typescript

Kitty

Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal.

★ 35k · v0.49.2 · python

Guake

Drop-down terminal for GNOME inspired by Quake.

★ 4.7k · v3.10.1 · python

Hyper

A terminal built on web technologies.

★ 45k · v3.4.1 · typescript

Terminator

Multiple terminals in one window with advanced tiling layout support.

★ 2.7k · v2.1.6 · python

Termux

A powerful terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android.

★ 62k · v0.118.3 · java

Contour Terminal

Modern C++ Terminal Emulator.

★ 3.0k · v0.7.0.8982 · c++

Wezterm

A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer.

★ 29k · v20240203-110809-5046fc22 · rust

Wave Terminal

An open-source, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows.

★ 22k · v0.14.5 · go

Rio Terminal

A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator focusing to run in desktops and browsers.

★ 7.6k · v0.5.28 · rust

Cool Retro Term

A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display.

★ 26k · v2.0.0-beta2

Tilix

A tiling terminal emulator for Linux using GTK+3.

★ 5.7k · v1.9.6

Alacritty

A cross-platform, OpenGL-accelerated terminal emulator.

★ 66k · v0.17.0 · rust

Ghostty

Fast, feature-rich, cross-platform terminal emulator written in Zig.

★ 62k · v1.0.1 · zig

The terminal emulator is where you spend the day. GPU-accelerated, config-driven, cross-platform. Compare Alacritty, Ghostty, WezTerm, kitty, foot, and newcomers on features, performance, and platforms.

Extraterm

Tabby

Kitty

Guake

Hyper

Terminator

Termux

Contour Terminal

Wezterm

Wave Terminal

Rio Terminal

Cool Retro Term

Tilix

Alacritty

Ghostty

Extraterm

Tabby

Kitty

Guake

Hyper

Terminator

Termux

Contour Terminal

Wezterm

Wave Terminal

Rio Terminal

Cool Retro Term

Tilix

Alacritty

Ghostty