Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to byobu

The top open-source alternatives to byobu are tmux, iTerm2, and wezterm. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

tmux Landing Page
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tmux

tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or windows), each running a...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Terminal Tools #Server Management 26 social mentions
iTerm2 Landing Page
2

iTerm2

A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 98 social mentions
wezterm Landing Page
3

wezterm

GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer made with Rust.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 42 social mentions
Sampler Landing Page
4

Sampler

Visualization dashboard for any shell command.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #Software Development #Developer Tools 1 social mentions
Kitty terminal Landing Page
5

Kitty terminal

Super fast, GPU and OpenGL based terminal emulator with tiling support
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Terminal Tools #Server Management 88 social mentions
Oh My Zsh Landing Page
6

Oh My Zsh

A delightful community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Programming #Terminal 59 social mentions
Termux Landing Page
7

Termux

Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal Emulators 56 social mentions
tmuxp Landing Page
8

tmuxp

tmuxp is a session manager/wrapper for the terminal multiplexer, tmux. Similar to tmuxinator and teamocil. It enables you to create pre-defined shell layouts with different contents or save shell sessions to new config files for later loading.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Uptime Monitoring #Software Development 5 social mentions
Extraterm Landing Page
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Extraterm

The swiss army chainsaw of terminal emulators
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Terminal Tools #Server Management 14 social mentions
fish shell Landing Page
10

fish shell

The friendly interactive shell.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Cryptocurrencies #Programming 124 social mentions
Hyper Landing Page
11

Hyper

Extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal 42 social mentions
WTFUtil Landing Page
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WTFUtil

The personal information dashboard for your terminal.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #Developer Tools #SSH 2 social mentions