Cross-platform terminal emulator balancing speed, platform-native UI, and modern features. Designed for an enhanced interactive CLI environment, offering full standards compliance for seamless integration with shells and CLI tools.
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iTerm2 AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Terminal Emulators
The best Terminal Emulator alternative to iTerm2 is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to iTerm2 and loads of them are Terminal Emulators so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Terminal Emulator alternatives to iTerm2 are ConEmu, Tabby, Hyper and Windows Terminal.
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- 58 Ghostty alternatives
62 ConEmu alternativesWindows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.
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Comments about ConEmu as an Alternative to iTerm2
TildeConEmu is Windows-only. iTerm2 is macOS-only.
Most users think ConEmu is a great iTerm2 alternative.
- ConEmu is Free and Open Source
106 Tabby alternativesTabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.
Comments about Tabby as an Alternative to iTerm2
Really exactly the iTerm2 but for Windows!
Almost everyone thinks Tabby is a great iTerm2 alternative.
- Tabby is Free and Open Source
96 Hyper alternativesHyper™ is a beautiful and extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards. It provides an elegant command-line experience that is consistent across all supported platforms which includes macOS, Windows and various Linux distributions like Fedora and Debian.
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103 Windows Terminal alternativesWindows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...
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Comments about Windows Terminal as an Alternative to iTerm2
It cannot be an alternative to iTerm2 (which is macOS-compatible), because it only runs on Windows.
TildeWindows Terminal is (naturally) Windows-only. iTerm2 is macOS-only.
Most users think Windows Terminal is a great iTerm2 alternative.
- Windows Terminal is Free and Open Source
102 Termux alternativesExperience a powerful Unix terminal on Android without the need for rooting. Customize with packages via Apt, run command-line tools, SSH, and program in C, Python, and more. Enjoy a full Unix environment with bash, zsh, mouse support, and external display compatibility.
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Comments about Termux as an Alternative to iTerm2
How is a mobile-only app a viable alternative to a desktop-only application?
- Termux is Free and Open Source
115 MobaXterm alternativesMobaXterm is an enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super easy to use, lightweight and portable.
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Comments about MobaXterm as an Alternative to iTerm2
TildeMobaXterm is Windows-only. iTerm2 is macOS-only.
- MobaXterm is Freemium and Proprietary
84 Alacritty alternativesAlacritty is a blazing fast, GPU accelerated terminal emulator. It’s written in Rust and uses OpenGL for rendering to be the fastest terminal emulator available. Alacritty is available on GitHub in source form.
Comments about Alacritty as an Alternative to iTerm2
RemovedUserI'm happy because it works on Linux Mint and has more customization and features than the built-in terminal application.
Almost everyone thinks Alacritty is a great iTerm2 alternative.
- Alacritty is Free and Open Source
84 Kitty terminal alternativesKitty ( not to be confused with KiTTY ) is a powerful, cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator. It offloads rendering to the GPU and uses OpenGL for fast, cross-platform performance with built-in tiling layouts as well as graphic, unicode...
89 Terminator alternativesTerminator enables the user to run and manage multiple terminal emulators side-by-side in the same window. The main focus is arranging terminals in a grid. (Tabs is the most common default method, which Terminator also supports.
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Comments about Terminator as an Alternative to iTerm2
TildeTerminator is Linux/BSD-only. iTerm2 is macOS-only.
Most users think Terminator is a great iTerm2 alternative.
- Terminator is Free and Open Source
71 Konsole alternativesKonsole is a terminal to run a command shell. It provides a command line interface for directly controlling your computer.
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Comments about Konsole as an Alternative to iTerm2
TildeKonsole is Linux/BSD-only. iTerm2 is macOS-only.
- Konsole is Free and Open Source
ReTerminal is a sleek, Material 3-inspired terminal emulator designed as a modern alternative to the legacy Jackpal Terminal. Built on Termux's robust TerminalView.
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It has tabs and multiple consoles plus customizable GUI :D