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38 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal Emulators

A terminal emulator is computer software which emulates a dumb video terminal. We make our recommendations.

tspreed is a terminal-based RSVP speed reader with Spritz-like functionality written in POSIX-compliant shell.

timr is a TUI to organize your time: Pomodoro, Countdown, Timer.

kazv is a convergent Matrix client and instant messaging app using Qt.

xcalc is a simple scientific calculator that can emulate a TI-30 or an HP-10C.

The Ecere SDK is a Software Development Kit which includes an Integrated Development Environment.

dijo is a habit tracker.It is curses-based. dijo is scriptable, hook it up with external programs to track events.

Salix is a Linux distribution based on Slackware that is simple, fast and easy to use, with stability being a primary goal.

tCalc is a simple calculator written in core Tcl/Tk. It also has command-line support.

GitQlient, pronounced as git+client is a multi-platform Git client originally forked from QGit.

Zutty is a terminal emulator with a radically simple, yet extremely efficient rendering implementation.

Dragora is an independent Linux distribution, designed from scratch to provide a system composed only by free software.

Barrier is software that mimics the functionality of a KVM switch.

OxiCalc is a small, simple calculator. It uses GTK4.

A terminal UI based (TUI) file explorer is software which lets you explore the file system. We recommend the best open source options.