The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!
- Language
- C++
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 105k
- Latest
- v1.25.3131.0
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
Terminal emulators
Desktop terminal applications.
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| Tool | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
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| Windows Terminal | 105k | MIT | Open source | No | C++ | v1.25.3131.0 | 2026-11-11 |
| Tabby | 75k | MIT | Open source | No | TypeScript | v1.0.238 | 2026-11-06 |
| Alacritty | 66k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Rust | v0.17.0 | 2026-11-06 |
| Termux | 65k | Other | Open source | No | Java | v0.118.3 | 2026-11-05 |
| Ghostty | 64k | MIT | Open source | No | Zig | v1.4.0 | 2026-11-12 |
| Hyper | 45k | MIT | Open source | No | TypeScript | v3.4.1 | 2026-11-04 |
| kitty | 36k | GPL-3.0 | Open source | No | Python | v0.50.0 | 2026-11-12 |
| WezTerm | 30k | Other | Open source | No | Rust | 20240203-110809-5046fc22 | 2026-11-12 |
| Wave Terminal | 23k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v0.14.5 | 2026-11-06 |
| iTerm2 | 18k | GPL-2.0 | Open source | No | Swift | v3.7.7 | 2026-11-12 |
| Termix | 16k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | TypeScript | v26.11.1 | 2026-11-12 |
| electerm | 16k | MIT | Open source | No | JavaScript | v5.10.0 | 2026-11-12 |
| XPipe | 15k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Java | 24.10 | 2026-11-11 |
| Rio | 7.7k | MIT | Open source | No | Rust | v0.5.29 | 2026-11-08 |
| Contour | 3.1k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | C++ | v0.8.0.9335 | 2026-11-12 |
| Terminator | 2.7k | GPL-2.0 | Open source | No | Python | v2.1.6 | 2026-10-19 |
16 tools
A terminal for a more modern age
- Language
- TypeScript
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 75k
- Latest
- v1.0.238
- Last push
- 2026-11-06
A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 66k
- Latest
- v0.17.0
- Last push
- 2026-11-06
Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages.
👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.
A terminal built on web technologies
- Language
- TypeScript
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 45k
- Latest
- v3.4.1
- Last push
- 2026-11-04
If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based.
A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- Other
- Stars
- 30k
- Latest
- 20240203-110809-5046fc22
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
An open-source, AI-integrated, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 23k
- Latest
- v0.14.5
- Last push
- 2026-11-06
iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.
Self-hosted, plugin-based server management.
- Language
- TypeScript
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 16k
- Latest
- v26.11.1
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
📻Free and open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/ftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice client(Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, HarmonyOS, iOS)
- Language
- JavaScript
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 16k
- Latest
- v5.10.0
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
Access your entire server infrastructure from your local desktop
- Language
- Java
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 15k
- Latest
- 24.10
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator focusing to run in desktops and browsers.
Modern C++ Terminal Emulator
- Language
- C++
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 3.1k
- Latest
- v0.8.0.9335
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
multiple GNOME terminals in one window