Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Xterminal

Platform terminal - online terminal 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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   HyperTerm▲433

   Terminal emulator based on JS, HTML and CSS

   2016 · hyper.is · its alternatives →

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   Termipal – native micro-GUIs for shell scripts and command line apps▲195

   2017 · termipal.sh · its alternatives →

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   A cross-platform terminal emulator written in Java▲65

   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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   A terminal emulator in pure PHP▲196

   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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   Windows Terminal▲229

   A new command line interface for Windows machines

   2019 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

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   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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   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 →

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   Tabby▲103

   A terminal for a more modern age

   2019 · tabby.sh · its alternatives →

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   Hyper 1.0.0▲413

   Terminal built and extensible with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

   2016 · hyper.is · its alternatives →

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    Command Line Challenge▲205

    2017 · cmdchallenge.com · its alternatives →

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    DomTerm – a web-based rich terminal emulator and console▲78

    Top (DomTerm - a terminal emulator and console using DOM and JavaScript)

    2018 · domterm.org · its alternatives →

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    cmder▲69

    Portable console emulator for Windows

    2014 · bliker.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Terminal, a sandboxed command-line interface for iOS▲62

    OpenTerm, a sandboxed command line interface for iOS - louisdh/openterm

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    termwm: A floating WM of terminals inside your terminal▲66

    A floating WM of terminals inside your terminal

    2018 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

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    Ell – A command-line interface for LLMs written in Bash▲214

    Hi HN! I've created a CLI tool called "ell" that allows you to interact with LLMs directly from your terminal. Designed with the Unix philosophy in mind, ell is simple, modular, and extensible. You can easily pipe input and output to integrate with other tools. Its templates and hook-based plugins enable you to customize and extend its functionality to suit any needs. Check out the README for usage instructions and examples. I developed this tool because existing solutions often felt too heavy, with many dependencies, or they weren't friendly to piping and customization. I, on the contrary,…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Manter▲65

    Terminal with autocomplete suggestions

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    WindTerm 0.8 – A whole new generation of terminal emulator▲13

    A professional cross-platform SSH/Sftp/Shell/Telnet/Tmux/Serial terminal. - kingToolbox/WindTerm

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Prompt▲259

    The command line for the real world

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    TermBar▲199

    Your terminal in your Mac menubar

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    BetterTerminal▲184

    Work smarter with a custom Mac terminal

    2024 · betterterminal.com · its alternatives →

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    Kitty – A modern, hackable, featureful, OpenGL based terminal emulator▲192

    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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    cmux - Ghostty-based terminal with vertical tabs and notifications▲198

    I run a lot of Claude Code and Codex sessions in parallel. I was using Ghostty with a bunch of split panes, and relying on native macOS notifications to know when an agent needed me. But Claude Code's notification body is always just "Claude is waiting for your input" with no context, and with enough tabs open, I couldn't even read the titles anymore. I tried a few coding orchestrators but most of them were Electron/Tauri apps and the performance bugged me. I also just prefer the terminal since GUI orchestrators lock you into their workflow. So I built cmux as a native macOS app in…

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Commandcar – a CLI tool that can easily communicate with any API▲82

    curl on steroids. Contribute to tikalk/commandcar development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Terminal (macOS)▲6

    Terminal emulator included in the macOS operating system.

    2017 · en.wikipedia.org · its alternatives →

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