terminal-emulator — independent software & tools

30 independent terminal-emulator listings the big search engines bury.

• enso

  github · Free · by amanfromsolan

  A macOS terminal built for the agent era — spaces, command palette, AI tab naming, live process icons. Powered by libghostty.

• zigpty

  github · Free · by Banor7300

  Provide a tiny cross-platform PTY for Node.js and Zig with native terminal support, ConPTY on Windows, and no node-gyp or C++ build step

• throng

  github · Free · by Bidthedog

  A project-first terminal workspace — persistent, detachable terminals in a dockable layout, with a live file tree and code editor.

• terry

  github · Free · by bindoffice

  A terminal based on zed.

• jsvision

  github · Free · by blendsdk

  A TypeScript SDK for building terminal apps with real UI — menus, modal dialogs, forms, and many ready-made controls on a zero-dependency rendering engine.

• Luma

  github · Free · by bwmp-dev

  A lightweight, cross-platform terminal and SSH client for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.

• liu

  github · Free · by calculusteam

  Terminal for AI-assisted development. Written in C11 with Assembly. Features Metal/OpenGL rendering, built-in SSH/SFTP, agent session history, multi-tab splits, and AI-powered translation. No Electron, no frameworks.

• quicktty

  github · Free · by dntsk

  Native terminal workspace for macOS with tabs, splits, Quake mode, and coding-agent progress.

• stashee-terminal

  github · Free · by eeegoloauq

  Tiling terminal workspace for Linux that never loses a shell — panes live in tmux, so closing the app just stashes your workflows.

• relay

  github · Free · by essedev

  Native macOS terminal for running many coding agents in parallel. Swift 6 + AppKit, SwiftTerm engine, agent state from Claude Code hooks instead of output parsing. Workspaces, split panes, triage dashboard. ~90 MB resident, 2.4us added input latency. brew install --cask essedev/relay/relay

• chan

  github · Free · by fiorix

  Your new Terminal and Workspace manager. A new kind of IDE.

• odytty

  github · Free · by ghreprimand

  Linux terminal emulator built around visual identity and in-app menu-driven configuration - theme builder, bloom/CRT/retro effects, GPU rendering.

• umber

  github · Free · by griffinwork40

  A native Swift/AppKit macOS terminal, deliberately with no AI features — built to host agent-afk's REPL well.

• damson

  github · Free · by hulryung

  The terminal built only for macOS — GPU-accelerated (Swift + Metal + CoreText), Safari-smooth scrolling, flawless Korean input. Engine library + standalone Damson.app.

• hydra-local

  github · Free · by hydraterm

  Open-source agentic terminal. Finds the agent sessions already on your machine, keeps them alive after you close the app, and lets you reach them from a browser. Native Rust rendering, PTY daemon, no inbound port.

• ember

  github · Free · by kingb

  A native, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator for macOS and Linux, built from scratch in Rust.

• nauterm

  github · Free · by korvect

  A modern cross-platform terminal and remote access workspace for SSH, Mosh, Telnet, serial, SFTP, port forwarding, snippets, and encrypted sync.

• LatexTerm

  github · Free · by MatsLuca

  Native macOS terminal that renders LaTeX live as KaTeX overlays, positioned over the source between $…$ and $$…$$. Built on a vendored SwiftTerm fork — no OCR.

• portside

  github · Free · by mcglothi

  A fast, beautiful, native macOS workbench for people who live on SSH.

• termpro

  github · Free · by okteam99

  Terminal-first workbench for running many AI coding agents in parallel — agent-agnostic. Multi-workspace, parallel sessions, status-aware notifications, git-worktree file panel. macOS.

• OnlyTerm

  github · Free · by PHPCraftdream

  A Windows-focused fork of WezTerm: a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator and multiplexer written in Rust

• herdr-gui

  github · Free · by powerfooI

  A self-hosted, mobile-first web GUI for Herdr with browser terminals, workspace and worktree management, file and diff viewers, and AI agent session inspection.

• Ghosteel

  github · Free · by zackslash

  Desktop-class terminal for SailfishOS. Full TUI app support, 24-bit color, multi-session with encrypted scrollback. Powered by Ghostty's VT engine.

• warp-mobile-android

  github · Free · by ImL1s

  Open-source Android port of Warp Terminal with Block-style command UI, DCS hook-driven Block detection, per-cell Vulkan rendering via warpui, and bundled Termux runtime (M4+). AGPL-3.0. F-Droid + GitHub Releases primary.

• Kuberwastaken.github.io

  github · Free · by Kuberwastaken

  The Best Terminal-Inspired Portfolio Website on The Internet™

• oakterm

  github · Free · by oakoss

  GPU-accelerated, extensible terminal emulator

• kastty

  github · Free · by shuymn

  A browser-based terminal sharing tool powered by ghostty-web and Bun

• nsst

  github · Free · by summaryInfo

  Not So Simple Terminal

• termlnk

  github · Free · by termlnk

  Termlnk is a modern terminal reimagined with AI agents, SSH workflows, and a rich extension system.

• @xterm/xterm

  npm · Free · by tyriar

  Full xterm terminal, in your browser