Cool Retro Term Alternatives

Cool Retro Term is described as 'Terminal emulator which mimics the look and feel of the old cathode tube screens, designed for eye-candy with lots of graphic options' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Cool Retro Term for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Cool Retro Term alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cool Retro Term are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and iTerm2.

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  1. Xfce4-Terminal icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • Global
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  2. GNOME Console icon

    GNOME Console

     6 likes

    A simple user-friendly terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Linux Mobile
    • US flagUnited States
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  4. vidrio icon

    vidrio

     5 likes

    A transparent, borderless terminal that lets your desktop show through. Themes restyle its colours and type.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. xterm icon

    xterm

     30 likes

    The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly.

    84 xterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • US flagUnited States
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  6. Black Box icon

    Black Box

     3 likes

    Black Box is a native terminal emulator that offers superb theming options.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Black Box screenshot 1
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  10. Otty icon

    Otty

     2 likes

    Native GPU-accelerated terminal with keyboard-first design, agent compatibility, Unicode, ligatures, inline images, true color, tabs, panes, splits, session recovery, rich color schemes, real-time notifications, fuzzy search, custom layouts, and quick navigation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • CN flagChina
    Otty screenshot 1
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  11. Extraterm icon

    Extraterm

     9 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...

    62 Extraterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Cygwin
    • AppImage
    • Typescript
    • AU flagAustralia
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  12. Terminology icon

    Terminology

     17 likes

    Terminology is a terminal emulator for e17.

    What does it do?

    It emulates a slightly extended vt100 with some extensions and bling thrown in.

    Most escapes supported by xterm, rxvt etc. work Xterm 256 color escapes work Backgrounds (bitmap, scalable/vector, animated.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  13. Cathode icon

    Cathode

     3 likes

    Cathode is a fully customizable terminal app with a look inspired by classic computers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • US flagUnited States
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