Tess Alternatives
Tess is described as 'Terminal emulator. It lets you have a full access to your computer, use command line based programs and many more' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Tess for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Tess alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tess are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and MobaXterm.
Alternatives list
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Homebrew


+3
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
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Qt
Italy
EU


A modern MobaXterm/PuTTY alternative for Windows: tabbed SSH + VNC, a full SFTP file manager, and Ctrl+V to paste images straight into a remote terminal over SFTP.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Netherlands
EU


A stupidly simple web-based terminal emulator, with common tools and Starship enabled (via Docker)!
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Docker





















