mintty Alternatives

mintty is described as 'Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.60 by Simon Tatham and team' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to mintty for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best mintty alternative is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like mintty are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and PowerShell.

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  1. RXVT icon
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    RXVT –our extended virtual terminal– is a terminal emulator for X11. It is a popular replacement for the standard ‘xterm’.

    93 RXVT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. z/Scope icon
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    z/Scope is a multi-protocol, multi-host terminal emulator that provides access to multiple terminal-based applications in a way that is familiar to every user, using a modern tabbed interface.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
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  3. FireCMD icon
     15 likes

    FireCMD command shell has features like recursive aliases, command substitution using files, HTML and CSS support, which makes it a next generation command shell. It also remembers command history and last working directory for next session.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4.  2 likes

    Based on rxvt. Tabbed interface. Very lightweight. Few dependencies. Only drawback is poor unicode support (theres an SVN branch with working but slightly buggy support)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. Voktty icon
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    Voktty is an open-source, ultra-lightweight (~8MB) terminal-first developer workspace and AI-native environment built with Tauri 2, Rust, React 19, and xterm.js WebGL. Designed as a fast, resource-friendly alternative to heavy Electron IDEs and proprietary AI terminals, Voktty...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
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  6. VVTerm icon
     1 like

    VVTerm is a native SSH client for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Connect to servers with passwords or SSH keys, browse remote files over SFTP, keep your hosts in sync with iCloud, and work comfortably across Apple devices with tmux, Mosh, and tunnel support.

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Mac
    • HK flagHong Kong SAR China
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  7. TCC/LE icon
     16 likes

    TCC/LE is a complete CMD replacement, and is compatible with your existing Windows command prompt and CMD batch files, while adding thousands of new features.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Chuchu icon
     1 like

    Chuchu is a native Android SSH client powered by libghostty, a terminal-first Compose UI, and has support for both standard SSH and Tailscale SSH workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  9. BossTerm icon
     1 like

    Pure Kotlin terminal emulator. Works with SSH and PTY.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  10. itmux icon
     1 like

    itmux is a packaging of Tmux, Mintty, OpenSSH client and Cygwin to offer a standalone ssh-enabled terminal multiplexer for Windows systems.

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    • Windows
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  11. yeahconsole icon
     3 likes

    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
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  12. CMD++ icon
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    CMD++ is a command line program, which was devoloped as alternative to the Windows (R) console. You can use it at public places (eg. at school) when the native console is locked but you do need to run a program in the console (eg. to type arguments).

    28 CMD++ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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