Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Alacritty
Alacritty is the fastest terminal emulator in existence.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Alacritty launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Initial source-only release of Alacritty
2017 · blog.jwilm.io · its alternatives →
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Ghostty▲161A fast, feature-rich, and platform-native terminal emulator
2024 · ghostty.org · its alternatives →
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Otty▲142Otty is a native, beautiful terminal app. Designed for anyone who cares about the feel of every keystroke.
Jun 2026 · otty.sh · its alternatives →
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A serious terminal emulator with a stupid name. Contribute to pg83/shitty development by creating an account on GitHub.
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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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?
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hyper 1.0.0▲413Terminal built and extensible with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
2016 · hyper.is · its alternatives →
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Hyper 3▲643A cross-platform terminal powered by web technologies
2019 · hyper.is · its alternatives →
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Terminal emulator written in Rust on wgpu and winit.
Jun 2026 · fastyterm.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Delta▲245The first Gameboy emulator approved in the App Store
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Black Screen▲215A terminal emulator with autocompletion based on Electron
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Whereas this is mostly a terminal eye-candy project to get you street cred, it does have some serious aspects. Firstly it solves the age-old problem of low-contrast text, like when you `ls` a broken symlink and the red background colour is too near your current theme's foreground colour. Tattoy solves this by using none other than the web's WCAG 2.1 contrast algorithm for accessible text. Secondly, an explicit design goal is that Tattoy should be able to polyfill new terminal protocols, the `xwayland` of the TTY if you will. Say if we want to experiment with completely deprecating ANSI…
2025 · tattoy.sh · its alternatives →
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Top (DomTerm - a terminal emulator and console using DOM and JavaScript)
2018 · domterm.org · its alternatives →
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A terminal renderer written in pure PHP. Contribute to soloterm/screen development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Best Emulator for playing retro games on iOS
2022 · freeonlinegames.com · its alternatives →
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t-rec▲80Blazingly fast terminal recorder generates animated gifs
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A professional cross-platform SSH/Sftp/Shell/Telnet/Tmux/Serial terminal. - kingToolbox/WindTerm
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A multiple tab terminal emulator implemented in python - stonewell/pymterm
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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scritty▲114Shared, searchable memory for every AI coding agent
Jul 2026 · scritty.dev · its alternatives →
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tterm▲109A terminal, a real browser, and Claude Code under one roof
Jul 2026 · tterm.sh · its alternatives →
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