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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MobaXterm AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Terminal Emulators
The best Terminal Emulator alternative to MobaXterm is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to MobaXterm and loads of them are Terminal Emulators so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Terminal Emulator alternatives to MobaXterm are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and ConEmu.
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- 58 Ghostty alternatives
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 MobaXterm
Almost everyone thinks Tabby is a great MobaXterm alternative.
- Tabby is Free and Open Source
- Tabby is Lightweight
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
- zsh
- GNU Bourne Again SHell
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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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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86 iTerm2 alternativesTerminal emulator for macOS enabling split panes, session restoration, advanced customization, search, SSH, automation features, tmux integration, Unicode, mouse support, notifications, inline images, broadcast input, and profile management.
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- clink
- ConEmu
- Windows Command Prompt
- PowerShell
Comments about Cmder as an Alternative to MobaXterm
Top Negative CommentThey do entirely different things.
this is a simple shell emulator not a ssh client
Completely different functionality.
This alternative is disputed. Cmder is a legitimate MobaXterm alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
- Cmder is Free and Open Source
- Cmder is Lightweight
99 KiTTY alternativesKiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.
Comments about KiTTY as an Alternative to MobaXterm
Verry good SSH client. Integrates with WinSCP and pscp. Is the same as PuTTY but with extra's. The i.e. integrated launcher functionality. Session information in files and not in the registry. With dirmode on.
Most users think KiTTY is a great MobaXterm alternative.
- KiTTY is Free and Open Source
- KiTTY is Lightweight
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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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.
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.
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 MobaXterm
greenseekerThis is a terminal emulator. Moba is an ssh, rdp, telnet, xdmcp, vnc, etc client.
Some users think Terminator is a great MobaXterm alternative, some don't.
- Terminator is Free and Open Source
- Terminator is Lightweight
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