Ghostty Alternatives

Ghostty is described as 'Cross-platform terminal emulator combining fast GPU acceleration, native UI, and modern features for interactive CLI environments, fully compliant' and is a popular terminal emulator in the system & hardware category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Ghostty for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Ghostty alternative is Tabby, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ghostty are Termux, Windows Terminal, MobaXterm and iTerm2.

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Ghostty alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators, but if you're looking for Shells or SSH Clients you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Ghostty.
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  1. Terminology icon
     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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  2. vidrio icon
     4 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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  3. Prompt icon
     10 likes

    Prompt is the terminal that goes where you do, whether you're on the road or at your desk. With Panic Sync, your servers are available on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. With Mosh and Eternal Terminal support, you can stay connected even on the most unstable networks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • US flagUnited States
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  4. xterm icon
     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
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  5. GNOME Console icon
     6 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Linux Mobile
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  6. upterm icon
     23 likes

    A terminal emulator for the 21st century. (formerly) Black Screen is a terminal emulator and interactive shell with auto-completion.

    88 upterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
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  7. Otty icon
     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
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  8. Blink Shell icon
     9 likes

    Blink Shell is the professional, desktop-grade terminal emulator for iOS. It's a full-featured and highly configurable open-source terminal that can be compiled from the source at GitHub or purchased as a pre-compiled app from the App Store to support the developers.

    113 Blink Shell alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  9. SecurSSH icon
     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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Electerm icon
     2 likes

    electerm is a terminal/ssh/sftp client(linux, mac, win) based on electron/node-pty/xterm/antd and many other libs, it works like a combination of guake and xshell.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron
    • Homebrew
    • AppImage
    • npm
    • JavaScript
    • Fedora
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  11. ConsoleZ icon
     27 likes

    console - This is a modified version of Console 2 for a better experience under Windows Vista/7/8 and a better visual rendering.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. TotalTerminal icon
     22 likes

    A system-wide terminal accessible via a hot-key. TotalTerminal is a plugin for Terminal.app. It provides persistent Visor Window which slides down when you press a hot-key. Remember Quake Console?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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