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List of terminal emulators

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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.

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Name Type Connectivity User Interface Operating System Description
AbsoluteTelnetCharacterSSH 1 & 2, Telnet, TAPI dialup, direct COM portWindowsCommercial software terminal client for Windows
AlacrittyCharacterLocal X11, WaylandUnix-based, WindowsLightweight, GPU accelerated terminal emulator
AlphaComCharacterSerial port, SSH, TelnetWindows
CBterm/C64CharacterSerial portCommodore 64
ConEmuCharacterLocal WindowsLocal terminal window that can host console application either for WinAPI or Unix PTY
fshell CharacterLocal, TelnetAvkon, QtSymbian S60Free and open-source terminal emulator for Symbian 9.1 - 9.4, developed by Accenture.[1] Has a desktop app, Muxcons, to remotely control a smartphone through fshell.[2][3]
GNOME TerminalCharacterLocal X11, WaylandUnix-based Default terminal for GNOME with native Wayland support
guakeCharacterLocal X11, WaylandUnix-based Drop-down terminal for GNOME
HyperACCESSCharacterSerial portWindows
HyperTerminalCharacterSerial portWindows XP or earlier
IBM Personal Communications Blocktn3270, tn5250Windows3270 emulator, 5250 emulator
iTerm2CharacterLocal macOSOpen-source terminal specifically for macOS
Kermit 95CharacterLocal, serial port, SSH, rlogin, Telnet, raw TCP socket, TAPI and direct dialup, named pipe, Pathworks32 LAT, CTERM[4]Windows, IBM OS/2Formerly a commercial product[5] of Columbia University, now open-source[6]
kittyCharacterLocal X11, Wayland, QuartzUnix-based GPU accelerated, with tabs, tiling, image viewing, interactive unicode character input
konsoleCharacterLocal X11, WaylandUnix-based Default terminal for KDE. GPU accelerated, with tabs, tiling, image viewing
Linux consoleCharacterLocal CLI LinuxImplements a subset of the VT102 and ECMA-48/ISO 6429/ANSI X3.64 escape sequences
MacTerminalCharacterSerial portClassic Mac OS
MacWiseCharacterSerial portClassic Mac OS, macOS
minttyCharacterLocal WindowsUsed for Cygwin, MSYS2, as well as the Windows port of Git
NCommCharacterSerial portAmiga
PComm CharacterSerial port, Telnet ? WindowsFree terminal emulator for Windows from Moxa, Inc.
PuTTYCharacterSerial port, SSH, rlogin, Telnet, raw TCP socketLinux, macOS, ReactOS, Symbian S60,[7]WindowsFree and open-source terminal emulator, serial console, and file transfer application
Qmodem 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)
rxvtCharacterLocal X11, WaylandUnix-based Rxvt is a terminal emulator for the X Window System, and in the form of a Cygwin port, for Windows
SecureCRTCharacterSSH, TelnetLinux, macOS, WindowsCommercial terminal emulator for Linux, macOS and Windows
SyncTERMCharacterSerial port, SSH, rlogin, Telnet, raw TCP socketCLI (curses), SDL, X11Linux, macOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, WindowsTerminal program for Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD
TelixCharacterSerial portMS-DOSTerminal emulator for MS-DOS (discontinued since 1997)
Tera TermCharacterSerial port, SSH 1 & 2, Telnet, xmodemWindowsOpen-source, free, software terminal emulator for Windows
TerminalCharacterLocal macOSThe default terminal application on macOS
TerminateCharacterSerial portMS-DOSTerminal emulator for MS-DOS (discontinued since 1992)
TerminatorCharacterX11, WaylandUnix-based Written in Java with many novel or experimental features
TermuxCharacterLocal Android
Tilda CharacterLocal X11, WaylandUnix-based GTK drop-down terminal
TilixCharacterLocal X11, WaylandUnix-based GTK3 tiling terminal emulator
TN3270 PlusBlock and charactertn3270, tn5250, TelnetWindowsTerminal emulator for Windows
WarpCharacterLocal Linux, macOS, WindowsTerminal with modern IDE, AI assistance, and collaborative command sharing
Windows ConsoleCharacterLocal WindowsWindows command line terminal
Windows TerminalCharacterLocal WindowsDefault terminal on Windows
x3270 Blocktn3270Linux, macOS, WindowsMulti-platformopen-source terminal emulator available for macOS, Linux and Windows
xfce4-terminalCharacterLocal X11, WaylandUnix-based Default terminal for Xfce with drop-down support
xtermCharacterLocal X11, WaylandUnix-based The standard terminal for X11; default terminal when X11.app starts on macOS
ZOCCharacterSerial port, SSH, rlogin, Telnet, ISDN, TAPImacOS, Windows, IBM OS/2Commercial terminal emulator for Windows, macOS and OS/S
ZTermCharacterSerial portClassic Mac OS, macOSShareware serial terminal emulator for macOS

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References

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  1. ^"fshell". SourceForge. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  2. ^"Muxcons". SourceForge. 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  3. ^"Introducing muxcons". www.qt.io. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  4. ^Goodwin, David (2024-10-28), davidrg/ckwin, retrieved 2024-10-29
  5. ^"C-Kermit Project".
  6. ^Goodwin, David (2025-01-27), davidrg/ckwin, retrieved 2025-01-27
  7. ^"PuTTY for Symbian OS". SourceForge. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
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