X Window Terminals

• aterm
  Aterm
  aterm is the AfterStep terminal emulator for the X Window System. Based on rxvt 2.4.8 , aterm is a color VT100 terminal emulator that supports basic pseudo-transparency....
  
   - AfterStep
  AfterStep
  AfterStep is a stacking window manager for the X Window System. The goal of AfterStep's development is to provide for flexibility of desktop configuration, improved aesthetics and efficient use of system resources, and was used in such distributions as MachTen...
  
   terminal with transparency support
• clusterssh - Concurrent Multi-Server Terminal Access
• cxterm - Chinese/Japanese/Korean X-Terminal
• dtterm  - distributed as part of the Common Desktop Environment
  Common Desktop Environment
  The Common Desktop Environment is a desktop environment for Unix and OpenVMS, based on the Motif widget toolkit.- Corporate history :...
  
  
• eterm
• evilvte
  Evilvte
  evilvte is a light weight VTE based terminal emulator. It supports most VTE features, tabs, tab auto hide, easily switchable character encoding, and build time configurations Configuration is done by editing source code and recompilation....
  
   - VTE based, lightweight terminal emulator
• gnome-terminal - default terminal for GNOME
  GNOME
  GNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system. It is composed entirely of free and open source software...
  
  
• gtkterm
  Gtkterm
  gtkterm is a terminal emulator written with GTK+. Lightweight and simple, gtkterm is unfortunately moribund, with no commits since late 2004. The project's redirects to the German home page....
  
  
• guake
  Guake
  Guake is a drop-down terminal for GNOME Desktop Environment. Like similar terminals, it is invoked with a single keystroke, and hidden by pressing the same keystroke again....
  
   - A dropdown terminal for the GNOME
• hanterm - Korean terminal
• hanterm-xf - Patched xterm for Korean input/output
• konsole
  Konsole
  Konsole is a free terminal emulator which is part of KDE Software Compilation. Konsole was originally written by Lars Doelle.The KDE applications Konqueror, Krusader, Kate, Konversation, Dolphin and KDevelop use Konsole to provide embedded terminal functionality.- Features :* Tabbed terminals...
  
   - default terminal for KDE
  KDE
  KDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
  
  
• Kuake
  Kuake
  Kuake is a KDE terminal emulator. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again....
  
   - a KDE terminal
• kterm - Japanese Kanji
  Kanji
  Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
  
   X Terminal
• lilyterm - Lightweight terminal GTK+ 2.x and VTE
• lxterminal - default terminal for LXDE
  LXDE
  LXDE is a free and open source desktop environment for Unix and other POSIX compliant platforms, such as Linux or BSD. The goal of the project is to provide a desktop environment that is fast and energy efficient...
  
  
• mlterm - multi-lingual terminal emulator
• mrxvt
  Mrxvt
  The mrxvt program is a terminal emulator for X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 compatible terminals.mrxvt is based on rxvt version 2.7.11 CVS , and features most of functionality of rxvt, with a few major enhancements...
  
   - Multi-tabbed rxvt clone
• multignometerm - advanced Gnome Terminal
• multi-aterm - aterm with tab support
• pssh - parallel versions of the openssh
  OpenSSH
  OpenSSH is a set of computer programs providing encrypted communication sessions over a computer network using the SSH protocol...
  
   tools
• root-tail - Terminal to display (multiple) log files on the root window
• roxterm - Terminal for the ROX
  ROX Desktop
  The ROX Desktop is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System. It is based on the ROX-Filer which is a drag and drop spatial file manager. It is free software released under the GNU General Public License. The environment was inspired by the user interface of RISC OS...
  
   environment
• rxvt
  Rxvt
  rxvt is a terminal emulator for the X Window System , originally written by Rob Nation and later extensively modified by Mark Olesen, who took over maintenance for several years...
  
  
• rxvt-unicode
  Rxvt-unicode
  rxvt-unicode, commonly known as urxvt, is a color VT102 terminal emulator for the X Window System. It was written by Marc Lehmann, who forked it from rxvt in November 2003...
  
   - rxvt clone with unicode
  Unicode
  Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
  
   support
• sakura (terminal emulator) - terminal based on GTK and VTE
• stjerm — drop-down terminal
• tn5250
• terminal (XFCE)
  Terminal (Xfce)
  Terminal is Xfce's terminal emulator, replacing xterm as default. It takes advantage of Xfwm's built-in compositing to support true transparency....
  
   - default terminal for Xfce
  Xfce
  Xfce is a free software desktop environment for Unix and other Unix-like platforms, such as Linux, Solaris, and BSD – though recent compatibility issues have arisen with regard to BSD Unix platforms...
  
   desktop environment
• Terminator (terminal emulator)
  Terminator (terminal emulator)
  Terminator is a GPL terminal emulator. It is available on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and other Unix X11 systems. Terminator will run on any modern POSIX system with Java 5 or later....
  
  
• termit
  Termit
  Termit may refer to:* the P-15 Termit, a Soviet missile;* the Termit Massif, a mountain range in southeast central Niger* the Termit Massif Reserve, a nature reserve covering over 700,000 hectares of the Termit Massif;...
  
    Simple terminal emulator based on vte library, extensible via Lua.
• tilda
  Tilda (software)
  Tilda is a GTK+ terminal emulator. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, typically the tilde, and slide back up when the key is pressed again....
  
   - A drop down terminal, similar to the consoles found in first person shooters
• ValaTerm - A lightweight terminal written in Vala
  Vala (programming language)
  Vala is a programming language created with the goal of bringing modern language features to C, with no added runtime needs and with little overhead, by targeting the GObject object system. It is being developed by Jürg Billeter and Raffaele Sandrini. The syntax borrows heavily from C#...
  
  
• ViewNow X - Micro Focus
• x3270
• wterm
  Wterm
  Wterm is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It is a fork of rxvt, designed to be lightweight, but still full of features. Its appearance was designed for NeXTSTEP style window managers such as Window Maker....
  
  
• xterm
  Xterm
  In computing, xterm is the standard terminal emulator for the X Window System. A user can have many different invocations of xterm running at once on the same display, each of which provides independent input/output for the process running in it .xterm originated prior to the X Window System...
  
   - default terminal for the X Window System
• xvt
  XVT
  XVT is a software development environment for building cross-platform GUI applications in C or C++. XVT allows developers to graphically lay out an application's GUI, and provides cross-platform libraries to aid development....
  
   - tiny vt100 terminal
• Yakuake
  YaKuake
  Yakuake is a KDE terminal emulator. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again....
  
   - (Yet Another Kuake), a KDE terminal
• yeahconsole - turns an xterm or rxvt-unicode into a game-like console

Frame Buffer

• fbterm - emulator for the Linux console frame buffer and VESA
  VESA
  VESA is an international standards body for computer graphics founded in 1989 by NEC Home Electronics and eight other video display adapter manufacturers.VESA's initial goal was to produce a standard for 800×600 SVGA resolution video displays...
  
   devices
• JFBTERM - multilingual emulator that can run on both Linux and FreeBSD console frame buffer

Curses

• Qodem
  Qodem
  Qodem is a text-based free software clone of the popular MS-DOS program Qmodem, updated for use on modern Unix-like operating systems. Its main features include Unicode support, multiple terminal emulations , file transfer protocols, keyboard macros, external scripts, and a dialing directory.Qodem...
  
   - ncurses-based terminal that resembles Qmodem
  Qmodem
  Qmodem was an MS-DOS shareware telecommunications program and terminal emulator. Qmodem was widely used to access bulletin boards in the 1980s and was well respected in the Bulletin Board System community. Qmodem was also known as Qmodem SST and Qmodem Pro....
  
  
• c3270 - Curses program for telnet sessions to IBM mainframes
• GNU Screen
  GNU Screen
  GNU Screen is a software application that can be used to multiplex several virtual consoles, allowing a user to access multiple separate terminal sessions inside a single terminal window or remote terminal session...
  
   - Terminal multiplexer with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation
• Tmux
  Tmux
  Tmux is a software application that can be used to multiplex several virtual consoles, allowing a user to access multiple separate terminal sessions inside a single terminal window or remote terminal session...
  
   - Terminal multiplexer with a feature set similar to GNU Screen
• wy60 - Wyse 60 Terminal Emulator

Microsoft Windows

• AbsoluteTelnet
  AbsoluteTelnet
  AbsoluteTelnet is a software terminal client for Windows that implements Telnet, SSH 1 and 2, SFTP, TAPI Dialup and direct COM port connections. It is commercial software, originally released in 1999 and is still in regular development by Brian Pence of Celestial Software.- Features :Some features...
  
  
• AlphaCom
  AlphaCom
  AlphaCom is a commercial multi-session terminal emulator for Microsoft Windows. It supports SSH, Telnet, direct RS-232 and dial-up modem communications.Some features of AlphaCom include:* File transfer* Dynamic font sizing...
  
  
• Attachmate Reflection
  Attachmate
  Attachmate Corporation is a software company owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital, and Thoma Cressey Bravo. Attachmate focuses on terminal emulation, legacy modernization, managed file transfer, and enterprise fraud management software. Attachmate Corporation...
  
  
• Cygwin
  Cygwin
  Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows. Cygwin provides native integration of Windows-based applications, data, and other system resources with applications, software tools, and data of the Unix-like environment...
  
  's console
• CryptoTerm
• Dtelnet aka Dave’s Telnet
• Ericom's PowerTerm
• FoxTerm - windows terminal emulator
• GTW420-Pro
• Host Explorer
  Host Explorer
  HostExplorer is a terminal emulation programme for the Windows platform currently in version 14 and compatible with Windows7. HostExplorer provides corporations with an easy way of protecting their investment in legacy data while letting them benefit from the latest desktop and web-based...
  
  
• HyperTerminal
  HyperACCESS
  HyperACCESS is the name for a number of successive computer communications software, made by Hilgraeve.It was the first software product from Hilgraeve, and it was initially designed to let 8-bit Heath computers communicate over a modem. In 1985 this same product was ported to IBM PCs and...
  
   (not included in Windows Vista or later)
• Indigo Terminal Emulator
  Indigo Terminal Emulator
  Indigo Terminal Emulator is a commercial multi-session terminal emulator for Microsoft Windows. It supports SSH, Telnet, and direct RS-232 communications.Some features of Indigo Terminal Emulator include:* Multi-session support* Session Manager...
  
  
• mintty
  MinTTY
  In computing, mintty is a free and open source terminal emulator for Cygwin, the Unix-like environment for Windows. It features a native Windows user interface and does not require an X server...
  
   - Cygwin terminal
• Passport
• Zephyr PASSPORT
• PenguiNet
  PenguiNet
  PenguiNet is a Telnet, SSH and SCP client for Windows developed by .In contrast to PuTTY, PenguiNet is a commercial application. It features a TDI and uses enhanced connection profiles...
  
  
• Poderosa
• PuTTY
  PuTTY
  PuTTY is a free and open source terminal emulator application which can act as a client for the SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw TCP computing protocols and as a serial console client...
  
  
• Rogue Wave HostAccess
• Micro Focus RUMBA
  RUMBA (Terminal Emulator)
  RUMBA is a terminal emulator application which acts as a client for the 3270, 5250, and VT computing protocols. Mainly used to connect to mainframe and various host platforms, terminal emulators like RUMBA connect modern desktop PCs to legacy systems....
  
  
• SecureCRT
  SecureCRT
  SecureCRT is a commercial SSH and Telnet client and terminal emulator by VanDyke Software. Originally a Windows product, VanDyke has recently added a Mac OS X version and Linux version .-History:...
  
  
• TakeCommand/LE  - works well (incl. latest cygwin)
• Teemtalk
• Tera Term
  Tera Term
  Tera Term is an open-source, free, software implemented, terminal emulator program. It emulates different types of computer terminals, from DEC VT100 to DEC VT382. It supports telnet, SSH 1 & 2 and serial port connections...
  
  
• Terminals (terminal emulator)
• Terminator (terminal emulator)
  Terminator (terminal emulator)
  Terminator is a GPL terminal emulator. It is available on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and other Unix X11 systems. Terminator will run on any modern POSIX system with Java 5 or later....
  
   - breaks with latest cygwin, workaround here
• TN3270 Plus
  TN3270 Plus
  TN3270 Plus is a 3270 terminal emulator. TN3270 Plus is one of the widely used Telnet terminal emulators. TN3270 Plus is used for connecting Windows PC users to IBM mainframe, AS/400 and UNIX systems via TCP/IP...
  
  
• Win32 console
  Win32 console
  Win32 console is a text user interface implementation within the system of Windows API, which runs console applications. A Win32 console has a screen buffer and an input buffer, and is available both as a window or in text mode screen, with switching back and forth available via Alt-Enter...
  
   - default terminal
• Xshell
• ZOC Terminal

Mac OS X

• Terminal
  Terminal (application)
  Terminal is a terminal emulator included in Apple's Mac OS X operating system. It originated in Mac OS X's predecessors, NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, and allows the user to interact with the computer through a command line interface. By default it provides a bash shell, which allows the OS X user to...
  
   - default OS X terminal
• xterm
  Xterm
  In computing, xterm is the standard terminal emulator for the X Window System. A user can have many different invocations of xterm running at once on the same display, each of which provides independent input/output for the process running in it .xterm originated prior to the X Window System...
  
   - default terminal when the X Window System started
• Ericom's PowerTerm
• iTerm
• iTerm2
  ITerm2
  iTerm2 is a GPL terminal emulator available on Mac OS X.iTerm2 is developed by George Nachman and is a successor to iTerm, another Mac OS X terminal emulator.- Features :* Multiple Tabs - Like tabbed browsing, only with terminals, tabbed terminals....
  
   (successor to iTerm)
• ZTerm
  Zterm
  ZTerm is a shareware terminal emulator for Apple Macintosh computer systems. It was introduced in 1992 running on Macintosh Operating System 7 and has been updated to run on the latest version of Mac OS X....
  
   (serial line terminal)
• Terminator
  Terminator (terminal emulator)
  Terminator is a GPL terminal emulator. It is available on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and other Unix X11 systems. Terminator will run on any modern POSIX system with Java 5 or later....
  
  
• ZOC Terminal
• MacWise
  Macwise
  MacWise is a terminal emulation program for Macintosh computers. It was written by Rich Love.MacWise emulates ADDS Viewpoint, Wyse 50, Wyse 60, Wyse 370, Televideo TV 925, DEC VT100, VT220 and Prism terminals. Supports ANSI and SCO ANSI color. Esprit III color is also supported in Wyse 370...
  
  
• Passport
• MacTelnet
• SecureCRT

MS-DOS

• ProComm
• Qmodem
  Qmodem
  Qmodem was an MS-DOS shareware telecommunications program and terminal emulator. Qmodem was widely used to access bulletin boards in the 1980s and was well respected in the Bulletin Board System community. Qmodem was also known as Qmodem SST and Qmodem Pro....
  
  
• Telix
  Telix
  Telix is a telecommunications program originally written for MS-DOS by Colin Sampaleanu and released in 1986. More recent versions were distributed by deltaComm Development, including a version for Microsoft Windows....
  
  
• Crosstalk
  Crosstalk Mk.4
  Crosstalk Mk.4 was a commercially available PC telecommunications and terminal emulation software package originally produced by Atlanta-based Crosstalk Communications, from the late 1980s through 1990, and by Digital Communications Associates until the mid-1990s...
  
  
• TERMiTE
• Terminate