iTerm2 vs Konsole
iTerm2
iterm2.com
Konsole
konsole.kde.orgSide by side
| Figure | iTerm2 | Konsole |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Terminal apps | 8.3 (#9) | 8.7 (#4) |
| Spec score · Terminal Emulators | 8.0 (#20) | 8.5 (#9) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The documentation lists integrations for tmux, shells, Claude Code, and the iTerm2 Buddy companion app. | The handbook documents a D-Bus interface for controlling Konsole windows and sessions. |
| Intended users | The site says people who spend a lot of time in a terminal may appreciate iTerm2's features. | The documentation describes Konsole as a text-only command-line interface for users running a command shell. |
| Purpose | iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. | Konsole runs a command shell and provides a command-line interface for directly controlling a computer. |
| Scripting API | Yes | Yes |
| Shell integration | Shell integration lets iTerm2 identify prompts, commands, hosts, and working directories, and supports navigation to previous prompts. | With shell integration enabled, Konsole can distinguish prompts, input, and command output and provide visual hints for commands that resulted in errors. |
| Split panes | A tab can be divided into vertically or horizontally arranged panes, each showing a different session. | Yes |
| SSH support | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The site directs users with problems or ideas to its bug tracker, forum, or the maintainer by email. | The page links to the Konsole Handbook, KDE Forum, bug reporting, and a developer mailing list. |
| Supported platforms | macos | Linux,Windows,macOS |
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In their own words
Konsole
Konsole is a terminal emulator for running a command shell and controlling a computer through a text-based command line. It is listed for Linux, Windows, and macOS and is free and open source under GPL-2.0+. Tabs and multiple profiles organize sessions; profiles can also automate common commands, including SSH connections to another machine. A tab can be split into left-right or top-bottom views, and its layout can be saved to a file. Konsole supports bookmarks, searching, and saving output or scrollback as a text or HTML file. Monitoring can notify users about silence, activity, a shell prompt, or a finished process. With shell integration enabled, it distinguishes prompts, input, and output and provides visual hints for commands that resulted in errors. A D-Bus interface allows software to control Konsole windows and sessions. Linux installation options include application stores, distribution package managers, and Flathub. The project links to Windows and macOS platform pages, including nightly installers for Windows and macOS ARM and Intel; those builds are intended for testing and come from the latest development branch.