QTerminal AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like QTerminal

QTerminal is described as 'QT-based multitab terminal emulator' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to QTerminal for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, BSD, Windows and Flathub apps. The best QTerminal alternative is Warp Terminal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like QTerminal are Konsole, Alacritty, Terminator and GNOME Terminal.

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Warp Terminal
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Warp is a blazingly fast, Rust-based terminal that makes you and your team more productive at coding and DevOps.
77 Warp Terminal alternatives
Cost / License
Freemium
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Homebrew
United States
+9
Good alternative?Is Warp Terminal a good alternative to QTerminal?
Konsole
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Konsole is a terminal to run a command shell. It provides a command line interface for directly controlling your computer.
89 Konsole alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Linux
BSD
Flathub
KDE
Germany
EU
+3
Good alternative?Is Konsole a good alternative to QTerminal?
Alacritty
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Alacritty 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.
106 Alacritty alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Linux Mobile
United States
Good alternative?Is Alacritty a good alternative to QTerminal?
Terminator
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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.
115 Terminator alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
Linux
BSD
GNOME
United Kingdom
+1
Good alternative?Is Terminator a good alternative to QTerminal?
GNOME Terminal
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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
Terminal Emulator
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
BSD
GNOME
United States
Good alternative?Is GNOME Terminal a good alternative to QTerminal?
Terminal
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Terminal (also referred to as Terminal.app) is a terminal emulator included in Apple's Mac OS X operating system. It originated in Mac OS X's predecessors, NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, and allows the user to interact with the computer through a command line interface.
125 Terminal alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
United States
Good alternative?Is Terminal a good alternative to QTerminal?
foot
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Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator. Supports daemon mode, Sixel, and scrollback search.
92 foot alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
Sweden
EU
Platforms
Linux
Flathub
Flatpak
Good alternative?Is foot a good alternative to QTerminal?
xterm
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The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly.
84 xterm alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Linux
BSD
United States
Good alternative?Is xterm a good alternative to QTerminal?
Xfce4-Terminal
38 likes
Xfce Terminal is a lightweight and easy to use terminal emulator application with many advanced features including drop down, tabs, unlimited scrolling, full colors, fonts, transparent backgrounds, and more.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
International
Platforms
Linux
BSD
Xfce
Global
Good alternative?Is Xfce4-Terminal a good alternative to QTerminal?
Black Box
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Black Box is a native terminal emulator that offers superb theming options.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Platforms
Linux
Flathub
Flatpak
Good alternative?Is Black Box a good alternative to QTerminal?
Tilix
32 likes
Tilix is a tiling terminal emulator which uses the VTE GTK+ 3 widget with the following features:
98 Tilix alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
Canada
Platforms
Linux
Canada
+2
Good alternative?Is Tilix a good alternative to QTerminal?
Extraterm
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Extraterm is more than just a traditional terminal emulator. It provides a toolbox for working with your terminal and command line applications, allowing you to capture and reuse previous command output across your terminal sessions, preview images and rich media directly, and...
62 Extraterm alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
Australia
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Cygwin
AppImage
Typescript
Australia
Good alternative?Is Extraterm a good alternative to QTerminal?