List of terminal emulators

This is a list of notable terminal emulators. Most used terminal emulators on Linux and Unix-like systems are GNOME Terminal on GNOME and GTK-based environments, Konsole on KDE, and xfce4-terminal on Xfce as well as xterm.

List +NameTypeConnectivityUser InterfaceOperating SystemDescriptionAbsoluteTelnetCharacterSSH 1 & 2, Telnet, TAPI dialup, direct COM portWindowsCommercial software terminal client for WindowsAlacritty CharacterLocalX11, WaylandUnix-based, WindowsLightweight, GPU accelerated terminal emulatorAlphaComCharacterSerial port, SSH, TelnetWindowsCBterm/C64CharacterSerial portCommodore 64ConEmuCharacterLocalWindowsLocal terminal window that can host console application either for WinAPI or Unix PTYfshellCharacterLocal, TelnetAvkon, QtSymbian S60Free and open-source terminal emulator for Symbian 9.1 - 9.4, developed by Accenture. Has a desktop app, Muxcons, to remotely control a smartphone through fshell.GNOME TerminalCharacterLocalX11, WaylandUnix-basedDefault terminal for GNOME with native Wayland supportguakeCharacterLocalX11, WaylandUnix-basedDrop-down terminal for GNOMEHyperACCESSCharacterSerial portWindowsHyperTerminalCharacterSerial portWindows XP or earlierIBM Personal CommunicationsBlocktn3270, tn5250Windows3270 emulator, 5250 emulatoriTerm2CharacterLocalmacOSOpen-source terminal specifically for macOSKermit 95CharacterLocal, serial port, SSH, rlogin, Telnet, raw TCP socket, TAPI and direct dialup, named pipe, Pathworks32 LAT, CTERMWindows, IBM OS/2Formerly a commercial product of Columbia University, now open-sourcekittyCharacterLocalX11, Wayland, QuartzUnix-basedGPU accelerated, with tabs, tiling, image viewing, interactive unicode character inputkonsole CharacterLocalX11, WaylandUnix-basedDefault terminal for KDE. GPU accelerated, with tabs, tiling, image viewingLinux consoleCharacterLocalCLILinuxImplements a subset of the VT102 and ECMA-48/ISO 6429/ANSI X3.64 escape sequencesMacTerminalCharacterSerial portClassic Mac OSMacWiseCharacterSerial portClassic Mac OS, macOSminttyCharacterLocalWindows Used for Cygwin, MSYS2, as well as the Windows port of GitNCommCharacterSerial portAmigaPCommCharacterSerial port, Telnet ?WindowsFree terminal emulator for Windows from Moxa, Inc.PuTTYCharacterSerial port, SSH, rlogin, Telnet, raw TCP socketLinux, macOS, ReactOS, Symbian S60, WindowsFree and open-source terminal emulator, serial console, and file transfer applicationQmodem ProCharacterSerial portWindowsTerminal emulator for MS-DOS and WIndows 95 (discontinued since 1997)Red RyderCharacterSerial portClassic Mac OSTerminal emulator for Macintosh (discontinued since 1989)RUMBACharacter, blockSerial port, SSH, Telnet, tn3270, tn5250, SNAWindowsRumba and allows users to connect to legacy systems (typically a mainframe)rxvt CharacterLocalX11, WaylandUnix-basedRxvt is a terminal emulator for the X Window System, and in the form of a Cygwin port, for WindowsSecureCRTCharacterSSH, TelnetLinux, macOS, WindowsCommercial terminal emulator for Linux, macOS and WindowsSyncTERMCharacterSerial port, SSH, rlogin, Telnet, raw TCP socketCLI (curses), SDL, X11 Linux, macOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, WindowsTerminal program for Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, and FreeBSDTelixCharacterSerial portMS-DOSTerminal emulator for MS-DOS (discontinued since 1997)Tera TermCharacterSerial port, SSH 1 & 2, Telnet, xmodem WindowsOpen-source, free, software terminal emulator for WindowsTerminalCharacterLocalmacOSThe default terminal application on macOSTerminateCharacterSerial portMS-DOSTerminal emulator for MS-DOS (discontinued since 1992)Terminator CharacterX11, WaylandUnix-basedWritten in Java with many novel or experimental featuresTermuxCharacterLocalAndroidAn open source terminal emulater that provides a Linux userland to AndroidTilda CharacterLocalX11, WaylandUnix-basedGTK drop-down terminalTilix CharacterLocalX11, WaylandUnix-basedGTK3 tiling terminal emulatorTN3270 PlusBlock and charactertn3270, tn5250, TelnetWindowsTerminal emulator for Windows WarpCharacterLocalLinux, macOS, WindowsTerminal with modern IDE, AI assistance, and collaborative command sharingWindows ConsoleCharacterLocalWindowsWindows command line terminalWindows TerminalCharacterLocalWindowsDefault terminal on Windowsx3270Blocktn3270Linux, macOS, WindowsMulti-platform open-source terminal emulator available for macOS, Linux and Windowsxfce4-terminalCharacterLocalX11, WaylandUnix-basedDefault terminal for Xfce with drop-down supportxtermCharacterLocalX11, WaylandUnix-basedThe standard terminal for X11; default terminal when X11.app starts on macOSZOCCharacterSerial port, SSH, rlogin, Telnet, ISDN, TAPImacOS, Windows, IBM OS/2Commercial terminal emulator for Windows, macOS and OS/2ZTermCharacterSerial portClassic Mac OS, macOSShareware serial terminal emulator for macOS

List of terminal emulators

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