Best Terminal Emulators

Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android.

Key Termux features:

Portability Open Source Package Management No Root Required

Open Source

Create GUIs for command line commands. Then drag files in to get their paths.

ConnectBot is a Secure Shell client for the Android platform.

Key ConnectBot features:

Open Source Secure Multi-session Management Port Forwarding

Open Source

Android-Terminal-Emulator - A VT-100 terminal emulator for the Android OS.

Key Android Terminal Emulator features:

Open Source Command Line Access No Ads Multiple Windows

The all in one terminal client for Android including SSH, Local Shell, Mosh and Telnet support.

Key JuiceSSH features:

Ease of Use Cross-Platform Wide Protocol Support Security Features

This application is open source software for quick and easy installation of the operating system...

Key Linux Deploy features:

Open Source Wide Range of Linux Distributions Easy Installation Community Support

BusyBox is a single binary that provides several stripped-down Unix tools in a single executable.

Key BusyBox features:

Lightweight All-in-One Customizable Open Source

Open Source

HyperTerminal is a terminal emulator capable of connecting to systems through TCP/IP Networks...

Key HyperTerminal features:

Legacy Support Simple Interface Serial Communication

A new command line interface for Windows machines.

Key Windows Terminal features:

Unified Interface Customizable Tabbed Interface Performance

Open Source

A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.

Key iTerm2 features:

Versatility Customization Advanced Features Performance

Open Source

ConEmu-Maximus5 is a full-featured local terminal for Windows devs, admins and users. Get better console window with tabs, splits, Quake style, copy+paste, DosBox and PuTTY integration, and much more.

Key ConEmu features:

Customizability Tab Management Integrations Quake-style Mode

Open Source

Popular free terminal application. Mostly used as an SSH client.

Key PuTTY features:

Free and Open Source Wide Protocol Support Lightweight Extensible Configuration Options

pact - advanced package manager (like apt-get or yum). xTerm-256 compatible console. HTTP(s) proxying support. Plugin-oriented architecture. Pre-configured git and shell.

Key Babun features:

User-Friendly Integrated Package Manager Cygwin-Based Extensible with Plugins