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. Yorishiro icon

    Yorishiro

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    Yorishiro is a new kind of terminal that gives your AI a body — and a sense of presence.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  2. Command Book icon

    Command Book

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    Command Book is a native Swift/Swift UI app to help developers run and manage commands that traditionally have been run in the terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. Ratty icon

    Ratty

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    A GPU-rendered terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics. Inspired by TempleOS. Built with Rust & Ratatui.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Rust
    • TR flagTürkiye
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  5. H

    havoc

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    minimal terminal emulator for wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  6. cterm icon

    cterm

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    cterm is a tiny terminal emulator I built from frustrations of not being able to use st across different platforms. Much like st, it is very, very small--even smaller than st. For this reason, however, cterm does not have the "standard" terminal emulator features such...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (ISC)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. Ctrl-V Terminal icon

    Ctrl-V Terminal

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    A modern MobaXterm/PuTTY alternative for Windows: tabbed SSH + VNC, a full SFTP file manager, and Ctrl+V to paste images straight into a remote terminal over SFTP.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU
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