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24 alternatives to OmniPTY – Opinionated terminal emulator for macOS and Linux

Opinionated terminal emulator for macOS and Linux: splits, workspaces, file tree and prompt built in. GPU-rendered, written in Rust - omnipty-terminal/omnipty

OmniPTY is a terminal emulator for macOS and Linux that combines multiple tools into a single application. It includes built-in window splits, workspaces, a file tree browser, and an integrated prompt. The emulator… 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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    Initial source-only release of Alacritty

    2017 · blog.jwilm.io · its alternatives →

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    Your aperture to the universe: a GPU terminal in Rust

    Aug 2026 · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN community, I’m Zach, founder and CEO of Warp, and am excited to show you Warp, a fast Rust-based terminal that’s easy to use and built for teams. As of today, Warp is in public beta and any Mac user can download it. It works with bash, zsh, and fish. The terminal’s teletype-like interface has made it hard for the CLI to thrive. After 20 years of programming, I still find it hard to copy a command’s output; I always forget how to use `tar`; and I always have to relearn how to move my cursor. To fix fundamental accessibility issues, I believe we need to start innovating on the terminal,…

    2022 · warp.dev · its alternatives →

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    If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based. - kovidgoyal/kitty

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Godot-based Rust multi-PTY emulator desktop application - godot-pty/gpty

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Terminal built and extensible with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

    2016 · hyper.is · its alternatives →

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    Ghostty▲161

    A fast, feature-rich, and platform-native terminal emulator

    2024 · ghostty.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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    Hyper 3▲643

    A cross-platform terminal powered by web technologies

    2019 · hyper.is · its alternatives →

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    Run KolibriOS, Linux or Windows 98 in your browser

    2013 · copy.sh · its alternatives →

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    Not sure if I would post this for the last day of #marchintosh OR wait for tomorrow the 1st of April. Both apply equally. Anyway, here's a pet project of mine, I made it as a glued on for another pet project of mine, but it developed a life of it's own now and can soar skyward toward success, fame, and glory.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    HyperTerm▲433

    Terminal emulator based on JS, HTML and CSS

    2016 · hyper.is · its alternatives →

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    Tabs, splits, and tmux work fine until you have several projects open with logs, tests, and long-running shells. I kept rebuilding context instead of resuming work. Horizon puts shells on an infinite canvas. You can arrange them into workspaces and reopen later with layout, scrollback, and history intact. Built in 3 days with Claude/Codex, dogfooding the workflow as I went. Feedback and contributions welcome.

    Mar 2026 · github.com · 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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    Otty▲142

    Otty 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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    Hello HN! Showing off the first version of Munal OS, an experimental operating system I have been writing in Rust on and off for the past few years. https://github.com/Askannz/munal-os It's an unikernel design that is compiled as a single EFI binary and does not use virtual address spaces for process isolation. Instead, applications are compiled to WASM and run inside of an embedded WASM engine. Other features: * Fully graphical interface in HD resolution with mouse and keyboard support * Desktop shell with window manager and contextual radial menus * PCI and VirtIO…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    OpenFang▲255

    Open-Source Agent Operating System

    Mar 2026 · openfang.sh · its alternatives →

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    Screensavers for your terminal. Contribute to cxreiff/ttysvr development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Encrypted terminal and SSH client with built‑in AI assistant

    Jan 2026 · apxterminal.com · 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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    Always Googling those pesky Terminal commands? Use AI to find the commands for you from within the command line.

    2022 · oh-heck.dev · its alternatives →

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    Userspace macOS translation layer for Linux ARM64. Contribute to wie-project/kakehashi development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Spotify for the terminal written in Rust 🚀. Contribute to Rigellute/spotify-tui development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello HN! I want to show you MyNixOS.com - a website I've been working on this year to make it easy to create and share Nix and NixOS configurations. Nix is a powerful tool to deploy software in a reproducible way, and with NixOS you can control your whole operating system through a declarative configuration. Starting out with Nix was exciting, but it definitely had a challenging learning curve. This made me start building a website focused on making it easier to create and share Nix flakes, which are the core unit of software deployment in Nix. Using the website, you can create flakes…

    2022 · mynixos.com · its alternatives →

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