Kuu Alternatives

Kuu is described as 'Fast, polished native macOS terminal. Real login shells on a Metal surface (SwiftUI + libghostty), with native windows and tabs, per-tab zoom, find in scrollback, and a color theme catalog. Secure by default: signed and notarized builds, auto-updates via Sparkle, no account, no' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Kuu for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Kuu alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Kuu are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and MobaXterm.

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  1. KiTTY icon

    KiTTY

     190 likes

    KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.

    125 KiTTY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Tess icon

    Tess

     17 likes

    Tess is a terminal emulator. It lets you have a full access to your computer, use command line based programs and many more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU
    Tess screenshot 1
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  4. Terminator icon

    Terminator

     164 likes

    Terminator 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.

    114 Terminator alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
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    Terminator is running Vim, Bash, and Python side by side.
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  5. Hyper icon

    Hyper

     85 likes

    Hyper™ 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.

    117 Hyper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • US flagUnited States
    Splitting terminals
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  6. GNOME Terminal icon

    GNOME Terminal

     164 likes

    GNOME Terminal is a terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment written by Havoc Pennington and others. Terminal emulators allow users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical desktop.

    88 GNOME Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
    • US flagUnited States
    GNOME Terminal screenshot 1
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  9. uniTerm icon

    uniTerm

     5 likes

    Lightweight all-in-one terminal with over 20 protocols including SSH, RDP, SFTP, and databases, featuring an autonomous AI agent for multi-round shell commands, advanced file transfer, real-time server monitoring, split panes, cloud sync, and multilingual support.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • CN flagChina
    Start Tab — Connection cards for quick access
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  10. Yakuake icon

    Yakuake

     95 likes

    Yakuake is a drop-down (Quake-style) terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again.

    58 Yakuake alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
    • Flathub
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
    Yakuake screenshot 1
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  11. Termora icon

    Termora

     10 likes

    Termora is developed using Kotlin/JVM and partially implements the XTerm protocol (with ongoing improvements). Its ultimate vision is to achieve full platform support (including Android, iOS, and iPadOS) through Kotlin Multiplatform.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
    Termora screenshot 1
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  12. WezTerm icon

    WezTerm

     24 likes

    A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

    128 WezTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    WezTerm screenshot 1
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  13. cmux icon

    cmux

     7 likes

    Native macOS app built on Ghostty. Vertical tabs, notification rings when agents need attention, split panes, and a socket API for automation.

    67 cmux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    cmux screenshot 1
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