The Terminal Directory

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A comprehensive collection of 51 terminal emulators and applications

AbsoluteTelnet
Active
Connectivity:

Telnet, SSH 1 and 2, TAPI Dialup and direct COM port

OS:

Windows

Description:

AbsoluteTelnet is a commercial software terminal client for Windows

Alacritty
Active
Connectivity:

Local

User Interface:

X11, Wayland

OS:

Unix-based, Windows

Description:

Lightweight, GPU accelerated terminal emulator

AlphaCom
Active
Connectivity:

Telnet, SSH, and RS-232/modem

OS:

Windows

C-Kermit for Windows and OS/2
Active
Connectivity:

SSH, Telnet, rlogin, Local, raw socket connection, Serial port, TAPI and direct Dialup, Named Pipe, Pathworks32 LAT and CTERM[1]

OS:

Windows, IBM OS/2

Description:

Formerly Kermit 95,[2] successor of the Columbia.edu Kermit Project.

CBterm/C64
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port

OS:

Commodore 64

ConEmu
Active
Connectivity:

Local

OS:

Windows

Description:

Local terminal window that can host console application either for WinAPI or Unix PTY

fshell
Active
Connectivity:

Local, Telnet

User Interface:

Avkon, Qt

OS:

Symbian S60

Description:

fshell is a free and open-source terminal emulator for Symbian 9.1-9.4, developed by Accenture.[3] Has a desktop app, Muxcons, to remotely control smartphone throw fshell.[4][5]

Ghostty
Active
Connectivity:

Local

User Interface:

X11, Wayland,GTK

OS:

MacOS Linux

Description:

Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.

GNOME Terminal
Active
Connectivity:

Local

User Interface:

X11, Wayland

OS:

Unix-based

Description:

Default terminal for GNOME with native Wayland support

guake
Active
Connectivity:

Local

User Interface:

X11, Wayland

OS:

Unix-based

Description:

Drop-down terminal for GNOME

HyperACCESS
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port

OS:

Windows

HyperTerminal
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port

OS:

Windows XP or earlier

IBM Personal Communications
Active
Connectivity:

tn3270, tn5250

OS:

Windows

Description:

3270 emulator, 5250 emulator

iTerm2
Active
Connectivity:

Local

OS:

macOS

Description:

Open-source terminal specifically for macOS

kitty
Active
Connectivity:

Local

User Interface:

X11, Wayland, Quartz

OS:

Unix-based, macOS

Description:

GPU accelerated, with tabs, tiling, image viewing, interactive unicode character input

konsole
Active
Connectivity:

Local

User Interface:

X11, Wayland

OS:

Unix-based

Description:

Default terminal for KDE. GPU accelerated, with tabs, tiling, image viewing

Linux console
Active
Connectivity:

Local

User Interface:

CLI

OS:

Linux

Description:

Implements a subset of the VT102 and ECMA-48/ISO 6429/ANSI X3.64 escape sequences

MacTerminal
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port

OS:

Classic Mac OS

MacWise
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port

OS:

Classic Mac OS, macOS

mintty
Active
Connectivity:

Local

OS:

Windows

Description:

Used for Cygwin, MSYS2, as well as the Windows port of Git

NComm
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port

OS:

Amiga

OpenTTY
Active
Connectivity:

Local

User Interface:

LCDUI

OS:

J2ME

Description:

OpenTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator for feature phones and smartphones with J2ME support.[6]

PComm
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port, Telnet ?

OS:

Windows

Description:

Moxa Inc free terminal emulator for Windows

PuTTY
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port, Telnet, rlogin, SSH, and raw socket connection

OS:

Windows, macOS, ReactOS, Linux, Symbian S60[7]

Description:

PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and file transfer application.

Qmodem Pro
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port

OS:

Windows

Description:

Terminal emulator for MS-DOS and WIndows 95 (discontinued since 1997)

Red Ryder
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port

OS:

Classic Mac OS

Description:

Terminal emulator for Macintosh (discontinued since 1989)

RUMBA
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port, Telnet, SSH, tn3270, tn5250, SNA

OS:

Windows

Description:

Rumba and allows users to connect to legacy systems (typically a mainframe)

rxvt
Active
Connectivity:

Local

User Interface:

X11, Wayland

OS:

Unix-based

Description:

Rxvt is a terminal emulator for the X Window System, and in the form of a Cygwin port, for Windows

SecureCRT
Active
Connectivity:

Telnet, SSH

OS:

macOS, Windows

Description:

SecureCRT is a commercial terminal emulator for Linux, macOS and Windows

SyncTERM
Active
Connectivity:

raw TCP socket, rlogin, SSH, Serial port, Telnet

User Interface:

CLI (curses), SDL, X11

OS:

Linux, macOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Windows

Description:

Terminal program for Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD

Tabby
Active
Connectivity:

Local

OS:

Linux MacOS Windows

Telix
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port

OS:

MS-DOS

Description:

Terminal emulator for MS-DOS (discontinued since 1997)

Tera Term
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port, Telnet, xmodem and SSH 1 & 2

OS:

Windows

Description:

Tera Term is an open-source, free, software terminal emulator for Windows

Terminal
Active
Connectivity:

Local

OS:

macOS

Description:

This is the default terminal application on macOS

Terminate
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port

OS:

MS-DOS

Description:

Terminal emulator for MS-DOS (discontinued since 1992)

Terminator
Active
Connectivity:

User Interface:

X11, Wayland

OS:

Unix-based

Description:

Written in Java with many novel or experimental features

Termux
Active
Connectivity:

Local

OS:

Android Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.

Tilda
Active
Connectivity:

Local SSH Telnet Serial

User Interface:

X11, Wayland

OS:

Unix-based

Description:

A GTK drop-down terminal

Tilix Terminal
Active
Connectivity:

Local

User Interface:

X11, Wayland

OS:

Unix-based

Description:

GTK3 tiling terminal emulator

TN3270 Plus
Active
Connectivity:

tn3270, tn5250,Telnet

OS:

Windows

Description:

TN3270-Plus is a terminal emulator for Windows

Warp Terminal
Active
Connectivity:

Local

OS:

Linux, macOS

Description:

terminal with modern IDE, AI assistance, and collaborative command sharing

WezTerm
Active
Connectivity:

Local

User Interface:

X11, Wayland

OS:

Unix-based, Windows

Description:

terminal emulator implemented in Rust

Windows Console
Active
Connectivity:

Local

OS:

Windows

Description:

Windows command line terminal

Windows Terminal
Active
Connectivity:

Local

OS:

Windows

Description:

Default terminal on Windows

WindTerm
Active
Connectivity:

Local SSH Telnet Serial Shell Sftp

OS:

A Quicker and better SSH/Telnet/Serial/Shell/Sftp client for DevOps.

x3270
Active
Connectivity:

tn3270

OS:

Multi-platform

Description:

x3270 is an open-source terminal emulator available for macOS, Linux and Windows

xfce4-terminal
Active
Connectivity:

Local

User Interface:

X11, Wayland

OS:

Unix-based

Description:

Default terminal for Xfce with drop-down support

xterm
Active
Connectivity:

Local

User Interface:

X11, Wayland

OS:

Unix-based

Description:

xterm is the standard terminal for X11; default terminal when X11.app starts on macOS

Yazi
Active
Connectivity:

tkio

User Interface:

Multi-Utility

OS:

Unix-based

Description:

Yazi (means "duck") is a terminal file manager written in Rust, based on non-blocking async I/O. It aims to provide an efficient, user-friendly, and customizable file management experience.

ZOC
Active
Connectivity:

Serial port, Telnet, SSH, ISDN, TAPI, Rlogin

OS:

Windows, IBM OS/2, macOS

Description:

ZOC is a commercial terminal emulator for Windows, macOS and OS/S

ZTerm
Active
Connectivity:

Serial line

OS:

macOS, Classic Mac OS

Description:

ZTerm is a shareware serial terminal emulator for macOS

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