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24 alternatives to A cross-platform terminal emulator written in Java

It's based on the jediterm library developed for IDEs, but it can also be put to work as a standalone terminal emulator with tabs. The library has been around for more than 10 years, but I don't think anyone made a terminal emulator app from it?

This is a cross-platform terminal emulator built on the jediterm library, which was originally developed for IDEs but adapted here as a standalone application. It runs on Java and supports multiple tabs for managing… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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