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24 alternatives to Termipal – native micro-GUIs for shell scripts and command line apps

Termipal is a tool that creates simple graphical user interfaces for shell scripts and command-line applications directly in the terminal. It lets developers build native micro-GUIs without extensive coding, making… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Termipal – native micro-GUIs for shell scripts and command line apps launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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TermBar▲199
Your terminal in your Mac menubar
2017 · its alternatives →
2
A game engine for the terminal in Go▲109
Terminal-based game engine for Go, built on top of Termbox - JoelOtter/termloop
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
3
Fig▲956
Autocomplete for the Terminal
2022 · fig.io · its alternatives →
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Termux – Terminal emulator and Unix environment for Android▲94
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
5
Termdock▲111
Terminal-centric AI development environment
Nov 2025 · termdock.com · its alternatives →
6
termwm: A floating WM of terminals inside your terminal▲66
A floating WM of terminals inside your terminal
2018 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →
7
Fig▲216
Visual apps and shortcuts for your terminal
2020 · its alternatives →
8
Gum, a tool for glamorous shell scripts▲55
A tool for glamorous shell scripts 🎀. Contribute to charmbracelet/gum development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks▲69
2016 · termbox.io · its alternatives →
10
Whippy Term - GUI terminal for embedded development (Linux and Windows)▲96
2025 · whippyterm.com · its alternatives →
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Prompt▲259
The command line for the real world
2016 · its alternatives →
12
Windows Terminal▲229
A new command line interface for Windows machines
2019 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
13
Inshellisense – IDE style shell autocomplete▲388
I built this terminal native runtime for Fig's autocomplete to support Windows and Linux. Would appreciate any feedback on it!
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
14
Tiny Shell▲57
A bash-like shell that performs basic functions of a shell. Made as a project for my course of System Software. - skywalker212/tiny-shell
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Netcat-based command line pastebin▲9
Termbin.com is a command line pastebin - easy way to share your terminal output.
2014 · termbin.com · its alternatives →
16
Manifest▲248
A simple grid-based pinboard for note taking.
2020 · manifest.app · its alternatives →
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TERMy – A fast terminal assistant that does not use LLMs▲225
NPC-Forge is a framework for building conversational agents that run on the CPU without relying on machine learning or LLMs. - NPC-Forge/docs/development.md at main · gioblu/NPC-Forge
Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
18
Magic-cli – A copilot for your command line▲158
Blog post: https://guywaldman.com/posts/introducing-magic-cli
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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termique▲90
A free SSH client for Mac, Windows and Linux. Every host in one place, with end-to-end encrypted sync, SFTP, SSH key management, and an AI terminal assistant.
Jun 2026 · termique.app · its alternatives →
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Xterminal▲12
Platform terminal - online terminal emulator
2025 · commandtool.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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Termpage▲111
Build a webpage that behaves like a terminal
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Simple command line note taking tool▲84
Daily notes command line tool. Contribute to tomlockwood/dn development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
23SP
Sultan – Pythonic interface to your shell▲155
2017 · sultan.readthedocs.io · its alternatives →
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Posce, a note-taking toolkit for your command-line▲54
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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