Tabby Alternatives

Tabby is described as 'Infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections' and is a very popular terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Tabby for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Android apps. The best Tabby alternative is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tabby are Ghostty, Termux, Windows Terminal and PowerShell.

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Tabby alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators, but if you're looking for SSH Clients or Shells you can filter on that. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Tabby.
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  1. RXVT icon

    RXVT

     6 likes

    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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    RXVT screenshot 1
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  2. Rio Terminal icon

    Rio Terminal

     2 likes

    Hardware-accelerated terminal emulator using WebGPU for smooth high frame rates, customizable GPU usage, asynchronous Rust foundation, efficient redux-based rendering, WebAssembly extensibility for tab systems, and both desktop and browser support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Flatpak
    Rio Terminal screenshot 1
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  4. BossTerm icon

    BossTerm

     1 like

    Pure Kotlin terminal emulator. Works with SSH and PTY.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  5. Sakura icon

    Sakura

     13 likes

    sakura is a terminal emulator based on GTK and VTE. It's a terminal emulator with few dependencies, so you don't need a full GNOME desktop installed to have a decent terminal emulator. Current terminal emulators based on VTE are gnome-terminal, XFCE Terminal, TermIt and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    version 2.3.4, right click menu, 2 open tabs.
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  6. pTerm icon

    pTerm

     1 like

    pTerm provides an SSH, Telnet, and raw TCP client for your iPhone or iPod Touch! It is based on the popular desktop client PuTTY .

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    pTerm screenshot 1
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  8. M

    mrxvt

     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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. FireSSH icon

    FireSSH

     16 likes

    FireSSH is a free, cross-platform SSH terminal client for Mozilla Firefox. Written entirely in Javascript!

    70 FireSSH alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Waterfox
    • Pale Moon
    • Firefox
    • US flagUnited States
    FireSSH screenshot 1
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  10. CLIX icon

    CLIX

     2 likes

    CLIX ('command line interface for OS X') makes it easy to harness the power of Unix. It becomes both a fish to buy and a series of lessons in how to fish and ultimately a handy way to work.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    CLIX screenshot 1
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  11. MobileTerminal icon

    MobileTerminal

     9 likes

    A terminal emulator for your jailbroken iPhone. With this you can be the daring system administrator, always ready for the action.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    MobileTerminal screenshot 1
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  12. AutoPuTTY icon

    AutoPuTTY

     4 likes

    AutoPuTTY is a simple connection manager / launcher

    · Manage a server list and connect thru PuTTY, WinSCP, Microsoft Terminal Server and VNC (only VNC 3.3 encryption is supported for passwords yet), · Connect to multiple servers at once using the "Enter" key.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    AutoPuTTY screenshot 1
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  13. AquaSSH icon

    AquaSSH

     1 like

    A fast, modern SSH client. Download free, then unlock Pro forever with a single one-time purchase — no subscription, no account, no cloud, and your keys and passwords never leave your device.

    17 AquaSSH alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • MV flagMaldives
    Adding a Host
    Generate an SSH key pair
    Connected to Server
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  14. svte icon

    svte

     3 likes

    svte is a terminal that is flexible and has a small codebase. Its aim is to be lightweight and fast, while providing nice integration with a modern Linux environment. svte is yet another minimal GTK incarnation of VTE. svte is an alternative to Sakura, Lilyterm, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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