Tess

Name: Tess
Rating: 3.7 (3 reviews)

17 likes

Tess is a terminal emulator. It lets you have a full access to your computer, use command line based programs and many more.

Cost / License

Free
Open Source (MIT)

Application type

Terminal Emulator

Origin

France
EU

Platforms

Windows
Linux

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Features

Properties

Support for Themes
Lightweight
Privacy focused
Customizable

Features

Portable
Ad-free
Support for scripting
No registration required
Works Offline
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Dark Mode
Command line interface
No Tracking
Tabbed interface

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Comments and Reviews

Top Positive Comment

Mathemagician

★★★★★

Nov 5, 2024

Looks and feels great! A lot of potential but it seems like it's not in active development anymore.

Last change on the main branch was 2 years ago, the dev branch 6 months ago.

Squitch

CommentJan 16, 2025

Hello, and thank you for your feedback. To reassure you, the development of Tess is still active. We've just released a big update that take us some time to develop. Have a nice day !

Temak

★★★★★

Apr 26, 2026

Seems interesting, but it is kinda stupid to insert word "Intelligent" to everything. What it supposed to mean in some cases? Like toward tabs? There is an addition that it means "change their name depending of the current process". Why not to name it self-naming tabs or whatever other formulations with tabs e.g.? If you put "Intelligent" to everything it hints at, that developer very likely to be stupid, "I don't have words".

johnhk

★★★★★

Sep 9, 2025

I does look abandoned. Last release is Dec 4, 2022. All though there is some activity on their dev-branches. So maybe a large update is coming?

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What is Tess?

Tess is a terminal emulator. It lets you have a full access to your computer, use command line based programs and many more.

Intelligent Terminal

Tess was designed to provide you an optimal experience. Therefore, it has progress tracking support, notifications for completed process. It also has intelligent tabs that change their name depending of the current process, close confirmation and many more! These features are all configurable to suit your needs. All were designed to provide you the best experience as possible.

Work everywhere

It was designed to work on all computers. Also, Tess works on Windows, Linux. You will have the same experience on all your devices. Furthermore, Tess support platform-specific integrations like context menu on Windows. Tess also has a dynamic titlebar that work on all platforms. There is a perfect integration everywhere!

Built for you

Tess has been designed to match your needs. It comes with a ton of options and all of them are fully configurable in a dedicated configuration page. Moreover, Tess comes with a native support of plugins and themes. You can discover most of them in the marketplace. More, the extensions manager lets you install, update and remove extensions in less than one minute!