Terminal Alternatives

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

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  1. cterm icon
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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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  2. Yorishiro icon
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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)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  3. Ratty icon
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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
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  4. 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
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    minimal terminal emulator for wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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