Terminal Apps

19 apps

Terminal apps replace macOS's built-in Terminal with faster rendering, split panes, better font and color handling and deeper configuration. GPU-accelerated terminals stay responsive under heavy output, while others focus on extras such as SSH session management or AI command help.

iTerm2 is the long-standing native favorite with extensive settings. Ghostty is a fast GPU-accelerated terminal with a native macOS interface, and Alacritty, kitty and WezTerm are GPU-accelerated and configured through text files. Warp adds command blocks and AI features, while Tabby and Hyper are Electron-based and use more memory. Most options here are free.

alacrittyjwilm/alacritty66kA cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.Open sourceFreeupdated todayAwal TerminalAwalTerminal/Awal-terminal34AI-native terminal emulator with multi-provider profiles and voice input.Open sourceFreeupdated 6mo agoCalyxyuuichieguchi/Calyx347Native macOS terminal for running and supervising coding agents in parallel.Open sourceFreeupdated todayCommand Bookcommandbookapp.comA terminal companion for long-running terminal commands (freemium)eelectermelecterm.github.io15.4kTerminal, SSH, and SFTP client.Open sourceFreeupdated todayFarolsnowztech/farol17Terminal built on libghostty that shows which coding agent is working, waiting or done.Open sourceFreeupdated todayGhosttyghostty-org/ghostty62.3kFast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.Open sourceFreeupdated todayhyperhyper.is44.7kA terminal built on web technologies.Open sourceFreeupdated 1mo agoiTerm2iterm2.com18.2kiTerm2 is an amazing terminal emulator for OS X.Open sourceFreeupdated todaykittykovidgoyal/kitty35.3kA cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator.Open sourceFreeupdated todayKubeSwitchkubeswitch.comThe fastest way to switch between Kubernetes contexts and namespaces on macOS.FreeTabby (formerly Terminus)Eugeny/terminus75kFree terminal tool, built with TypeScript, heavily inspired by Hyper.Open sourceFreeupdated todayTermiustermius.comA beautiful SSH and SFTP client for Mac. It is also available for mobile.FreeApp StoreTermsteadkhorenyan.com18Native SSH client with a session tree, jump hosts and SFTP beside the terminal.Open sourceFreeupdated 2d agotty7l0ng-ai/tty71.3kA GPU-rendered, daemon-backed terminal in pure Rust with sessions that stay alive without tmux.Open sourceFreeupdated todayVestavestaterm/Vesta23Native macOS terminal built on libghostty for running coding agents in parallel.Open sourceFreeupdated 1mo agoWarpwarp.dev65.5kWarp is a blazingly fast, rust-based terminal reimagined from the ground up to work like a modern app.Open sourceupdated todayWavewavetermdev/waveterm22.5kOpen-source terminal with built-in file previews, web browsing, and AI tools.Open sourceFreeupdated 2d agoWezTermwezfurlong.org29.2kA GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer implemented in Rust.Open sourceFreeupdated 4d ago

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