Kitty terminal Alternatives

Kitty terminal is described as 'Kitty ( 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' and is a popular terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Kitty terminal for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and iPad apps. The best Kitty terminal alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Kitty terminal are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and Alacritty.

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  1. 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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  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
    Command Book screenshot 1
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  4. 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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  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. 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
    Yorishiro screenshot 1
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  8. Oxide Terminal icon

    Oxide Terminal

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    Oxide Terminal is a native macOS terminal emulator, written entirely in Rust. GPU-rendered on GPUI, with a file-tree drawer you drive like vim and a status bar that knows where your shell is.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • US flagUnited States
    The drawer with its workspaces panel, tabs, the terminal, and a git-aware status bar. Click any screenshot for full size.
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  9. yeahconsole icon

    yeahconsole

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    YeahConsole turns an xterm into a gamelike console. This means it will slide down from top of your screen if you hit a shortcut key. (You will need xterm version 168 or higher to make this happen).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    yeahconsole screenshot 1
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