Guake

Spec sheet

Product

Guake is a multilingual, top-down terminal for GNOME, inspired by the terminal used in Quake.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.github.io

Platforms

The project describes Guake as made for the GNOME desktop environment and lists installation instructions for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, and Manjaro.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.readthedocs.io

Free plan

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · guake.github.io

Integrations

Guake can open detected file names in editors such as Visual Studio Code, Atom, or Sublime Text, including parsing compiler and test output to locate a line.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.readthedocs.io

Support

The homepage directs users to the GitHub Issues page to report bugs and welcomes code and translation contributions.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.github.io

Founded

2007Read 28 Sep 2026 · guake.github.io

Automation

The documentation says Guake makes its major features available over D-Bus and supports command-line control.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.readthedocs.io

Color palettes

The homepage says Guake includes more than 130 predefined color palettes.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.github.io

Links and search

Guake can detect URLs in terminal output for Ctrl-click opening and offers context-menu actions to open links or search selected text on the web.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.readthedocs.io

Multi-monitor

Guake can open on the monitor under the mouse or on a dedicated screen.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.github.io

Notable limitation

On Wayland, the documentation says the hotkey may need to be configured in the window manager’s global settings.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.readthedocs.io

Project history

The homepage says Guake was originally written by Gabriel Falcão in 2007 and has since become an open source project with many contributors.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.github.io

Quick access

A predefined hotkey shows or hides the terminal so users can run commands and return to their previous task.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.github.io

Quick Open

Clicking a file name in terminal output can open it in a text editor, including at a specific line and column when the editor supports it.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.github.io

Scripting API

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · guake.github.io

Split panes

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · guake.github.io

Startup configuration

Guake can start automatically at login and run a script on launch to configure tabs.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.github.io

Supported platforms

linuxRead 20 Sep 2026 · guake.github.io

Tabs

It supports multiple named tabs, with names set automatically from the running command or customized by the user.Read 9 Oct 2026 · guake.github.io

Plans and prices

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