Terminal Emulators
Alternatives to Ghostty
The tools Specifiction weighs against Ghostty, from its list of terminal emulators, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
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Contour Contour suits advanced users who want terminal controls such as split panes, vi-like modes, and persistent sessions.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux8.8 Visit Specs - 02 Cool Retro Term
Cool Retro Term suits Linux and macOS users who want a customizable terminal with CRT-style visuals.
Free plan Open source macOS · Linux · Self-hosted8.8 Visit Specs - 03 gitsome
gitsome suits developers and system administrators who work with GitHub from a command line and want shell completion or interactive help.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted8.8 Visit Specs - 04
MobaXterm MobaXterm suits programmers, webmasters, and IT administrators handling remote jobs, particularly those working with Unix/Linux and Windows servers.
From $5.75/mo Free plan Windows8.6 Visit Specs - 05 Termalin
Termalin suits people who need SSH, file transfer, database access, or agent-assisted sessions in one client.
From $8/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.6 Visit Specs - 06
Warp It suits developers and teams wanting a modern terminal, agent workflows and optional self-hosted factory deployment across desktop platforms.
From $20/mo Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted8.6 Visit Specs - 07
Alacritty Alacritty suits people who spend a lot of time in a terminal and prefer keyboard navigation and a configurable TOML file.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux8.5 Visit Specs - 08
GNOME Console Free plan Linux8.5 Visit Specs - 09
Konsole Konsole suits people who use a text-only command shell and want to organize sessions with tabs, profiles, or split views.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux8.5 Visit Specs - 10
ConEmu Free plan Windows8.3 Visit Specs - 11 HyperACCESS From $169.99/mo Free trial Windows8.3 Visit Specs
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Tabby Tabby suits people who need a terminal across Windows, macOS, or Linux and work with local shells, serial connections, SSH, or Telnet.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux8.3 Visit Specs - 13
Cmder Cmder suits Windows users who want a portable terminal with multiple shells, panes, scripting, or SSH.
Free plan Windows8.2 Visit Specs - 14 foot
foot suits Linux users who want a Wayland-native terminal emulator with configurable display and shell-integration features.
Free plan Linux8.2 Visit Specs - 15
Hyper Hyper suits command-line users who want to configure terminal appearance and key bindings or extend terminal behavior with plugins.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux8.2 Visit Specs - 16 mintty
It suits Windows users running Cygwin, MSYS, MSYS2, Git Bash, or WSL who need configurable terminal emulation.
Free plan Windows8.2 Visit Specs - 17 QTerminal
QTerminal suits people who want a configurable terminal with tabs, split panes, and command bookmarks.
Free plan macOS · Linux8.2 Visit Specs - 18 Guake Free plan Linux8.1 Visit Specs
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iTerm2 Free plan macOS8.0 Visit Specs - 20
kitty Free plan macOS · Linux8.0 Visit Specs - 21 Terminology Free plan Linux8.0 Visit Specs
- 22 GNOME Terminal Free plan Linux7.9 Visit Specs
- 23 LXTerminal Free plan Linux7.9 Visit Specs
- 24 Tilda Free plan Linux7.9 Visit Specs
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Ptyxis Free plan Linux7.8 Visit Specs - 26
WezTerm WezTerm suits people who want terminal sessions organized across panes, tabs, and windows, including users connecting to remote multiplexers.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux7.8 Visit Specs - 27 ZOC From $79.99/mo Free trial Windows · macOS7.8 Visit Specs
- 28 PuTTY Free plan Windows · Linux7.7 Visit Specs
- 29 Tera Term Free plan Windows7.7 Visit Specs
- 30 Terminator Free plan Linux7.7 Visit Specs