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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to xterm

ST - Simple Terminal WindTerm ConEmu wezterm Tabby.sh Kitty terminal iTerm2 Git for Windows Fig Terminal Electerm

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to xterm are ST - Simple Terminal, WindTerm, and ConEmu. 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.
  1. st is a simple terminal implementation for X.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Terminal Tools #Development 44 social mentions

  2. WindTerm is a terminal emulator application that is used in cross-platforms such as SSH, Sftp, Shell, Telnet, and serial terminal and allows you to use the mouse to conduct any operation on its interface.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Development #Tool #SSH

  3. 3
    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.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 18 social mentions

  4. GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer made with Rust.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 42 social mentions

  5. Tabby is a free and open source SSH, local and Telnet terminal with everything you'll ever need.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #Command Line Tools #DevOps Tools 17 social mentions

  6. Super fast, GPU and OpenGL based terminal emulator with tiling support
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Terminal Tools #Server Management 88 social mentions

  7. 7
    A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 98 social mentions

  8. We bring the awesome Git SCM to Windows
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Development 80 social mentions

  9. Fig adds VSCode-style autocomplete to your existing terminal. Move faster with Fig.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 37 social mentions

  10. electerm is a terminal/ssh/sftp client(linux, mac, win) based on electron/ssh2/node-pty/xterm/antd and many other libs
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools

  11. 11
    Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools

  12. 12
    Jan 1, 2018 - A powerful replacement for the macOS / OS X Terminal, with 24-bit color and graphics features.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools

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