This is a list of notable terminal emulators. Most used terminal emulators on Linux and Unix-like systems are GNOME Terminal on GNOME and GTK-based environments, Konsole on KDE, and xfce4-terminal on Xfce as well as xterm.

• 1Character-oriented terminal emulators
  • 1.1Unix-like
• 2Block-oriented terminal emulators

Character-oriented terminal emulators[edit]

Unix-like[edit]

Linux[edit]

• Linux console - implements a large subset of the VT102 and ECMA-48/ISO 6429/ANSI X3.64 escape sequences

X Window System[edit]

Terminal emulators used in combination with the X Window System

• xterm - standard terminal for X11
• GNOME Terminal - default terminal for GNOME
• guake - drop-down terminal for GNOME
• konsole - default terminal for KDE
• xfce4-terminal - default terminal for Xfce with drop-down support

• mrxvt - rxvt clone with additional features (latest version is 2008-09-10)

• Terminology - enhanced terminal supportive of multimedia and text manipulation for X11 and Linux framebuffer
• tilda - A drop down terminal
• Yakuake - (Yet Another Kuake), a dropdown terminal for KDE
• x3270 - IBM 3270 emulator for X11 and most Unix-like systems^[1]

Command-line interface[edit]

The following terminal emulators run inside of other terminals, utilizing libraries such as Curses and Termcap.

• GNU Screen - Terminal multiplexer with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation
• Minicom - text-based modem control and terminal emulation program for Unix-like operating systems
• tmux - Terminal multiplexer with a feature set similar to GNU Screen
• c3270 - IBM 3270 emulator for running inside a vt100/curses emulator for most Unix-like systems^[1]

Apple macOS[edit]

• Terminal - default macOS terminal
• iTerm2 - open-source terminal specifically for macOS
• xterm - default terminal when X11.app starts
• SyncTERM - includes serial line terminal
• ZTerm - serial line terminal

Apple Classic Mac OS[edit]

Microsoft Windows[edit]

• ConEmu - local terminal window that can host console application developed either for WinAPI (cmd, powershell, far) or Unix PTY (cygwin, msys, wsl bash)
• HyperACCESS (commercial) and HyperTerminal (included free with Windows XP and earlier, but not included with Windows Vista and later)
• mintty - Cygwin terminal
• Win32 console – Windows command line terminal

Microsoft MS-DOS[edit]

• Qmodem and Qmodem Pro

IBM OS/2[edit]

• ZOC - discontinued support for OS/2

Commodore Amiga[edit]

Commodore 64[edit]

Block-oriented terminal emulators[edit]

Emulators for block-oriented terminals, primarily IBM 3270, but also IBM 5250 and other non-IBM terminals.

Coax/Twinax connected[edit]

These terminal emulators are used to replace terminals attached to a host or terminal controller via a coaxial cable (coax) or twinaxial cabling (twinax). They require that the computer on which they run have a hardware adapter to support such an attachment.

• RUMBA 3270 and 5250

tn3270/tn5250[edit]

These terminal emulators connect to a host using the tn3270 or tn5250 protocols, which run over a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• The Grumpy Editor's guide to terminal emulators, 2004
• Comprehensive Linux Terminal Performance Comparison, 2007

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