TotalTerminal AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like TotalTerminal

TotalTerminal is described as 'A system-wide terminal accessible via a hot-key. TotalTerminal is a plugin for Terminal.app. It provides persistent Visor Window which slides down when you press a hot-key. Remember Quake Console?' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to TotalTerminal for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best TotalTerminal alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TotalTerminal are iTerm2, Kitty terminal, Tess and Wave Terminal.

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  1. Ghostty icon
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    Cross-platform terminal emulator balancing speed, platform-native UI, and modern features. Designed for an enhanced interactive CLI environment, offering full standards compliance for seamless integration with shells and CLI tools.

    78 Ghostty alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
    • Linux Mobile
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  2. iTerm2 icon
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    Terminal emulator for macOS enabling split panes, session restoration, advanced customization, search, SSH, automation features, tmux integration, Unicode, mouse support, notifications, inline images, broadcast input, and profile management.

    108 iTerm2 alternatives

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    By Itself
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  3. Kitty terminal icon
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    Kitty ( not to be confused with KiTTY ) is a powerful, cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator. It offloads rendering to the GPU and uses OpenGL for fast, cross-platform performance with built-in tiling layouts as well as graphic, unicode...

    103 Kitty terminal alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  4. Tess icon
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    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)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Yakuake icon
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    Yakuake is a drop-down (Quake-style) terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again.

    59 Yakuake alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
    • Flathub
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  6. WezTerm icon
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    A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

    129 WezTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. cmux icon
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    Native macOS app built on Ghostty. Vertical tabs, notification rings when agents need attention, split panes, and a socket API for automation.

    67 cmux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
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  8. ForceTerm icon
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    Fully featured terminal based on JediTerm.

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Java
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  9. Ptyxis icon
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    Ptyxis is a terminal for GNOME that focuses on ease-of-use in a world of containers.

    78 Ptyxis alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    • US flagUnited States
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  10. Guake terminal icon
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    Guake is a top-down terminal for Gnome (in the style of Yakuake for KDE, Tilda or the terminal used in Quake). Guake is already package by a number of distribution (among them are Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu or ArchLinux).

    56 Guake terminal alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. Otty icon
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    Native GPU-accelerated terminal with keyboard-first design, agent compatibility, Unicode, ligatures, inline images, true color, tabs, panes, splits, session recovery, rich color schemes, real-time notifications, fuzzy search, custom layouts, and quick navigation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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