Black Box Alternatives

Black Box is described as 'Native terminal emulator that offers superb theming options' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Black Box for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and KDE Plasma apps. The best Black Box alternative is Tabby, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Black Box are Kitty terminal, Warp Terminal, Konsole and GNOME Terminal.

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Black Box alternatives page was last updated Jun 11, 2026

ST - Simple Terminal
21 likes
st is a simple terminal implementation for X.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Linux
BSD
Is ST - Simple Terminal a good alternative to Black Box?
Cool Retro Term
40 likes
Terminal emulator which mimics the look and feel of the old cathode tube screens, designed for eye-candy with lots of graphic options.
64 Cool Retro Term alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
Italy
EU
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Is Cool Retro Term a good alternative to Black Box?
SecurSSH
1 like
SecurSSH centralizes SSH credentials, keys, and server access in a zero-knowledge encrypted vault with granular team permissions, live session sharing, and a built-in SFTP manager.
26 SecurSSH alternatives
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Origin
France
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
+3
Is SecurSSH a good alternative to Black Box?
GNOME Console
6 likes
A simple user-friendly terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
GNOME
Linux Mobile
Is GNOME Console a good alternative to Black Box?
Xfce4-Terminal
38 likes
Xfce Terminal is a lightweight and easy to use terminal emulator application with many advanced features including drop down, tabs, unlimited scrolling, full colors, fonts, transparent backgrounds, and more.
70 Xfce4-Terminal alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
International
Platforms
Linux
BSD
Xfce
Is Xfce4-Terminal a good alternative to Black Box?
QTerminal
7 likes
QT-based multitab terminal emulator.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
International
Platforms
Linux
Snapcraft
Is QTerminal a good alternative to Black Box?
Tilix
32 likes
Tilix is a tiling terminal emulator which uses the VTE GTK+ 3 widget with the following features:
84 Tilix alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
Canada
Platforms
Linux
+2
Is Tilix a good alternative to Black Box?
rxvt-unicode
29 likes
Rxvt-unicode is a highly customizable terminal emulator forked from rxvt. Commonly known as urxvt, rxvt-unicode can be daemonized to run clients within a single process in order to minimize the use of system resources.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Is rxvt-unicode a good alternative to Black Box?
BossTerm
1 like
Pure Kotlin terminal emulator. Works with SSH and PTY.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (LGPL-3.0)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Homebrew
Is BossTerm a good alternative to Black Box?
LXTerminal
16 likes
LXTerminal is the standard terminal emulator of LXDE. The terminal is a desktop-independent VTE-based terminal emulator for LXDE without any unnecessary dependency.
66 LXTerminal alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Linux
BSD
Is LXTerminal a good alternative to Black Box?
Extraterm
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
Terminal Emulator
Origin
Australia
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Cygwin
AppImage
Typescript
Is Extraterm a good alternative to Black Box?
Pantheon Terminal
13 likes
A super lightweight, beautiful, and simple terminal. It's designed to be setup with sane defaults and little to no configuration. It's just a terminal, nothing more, nothing less.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
Is Pantheon Terminal a good alternative to Black Box?