List of terminal emulators

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

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

Terminal emulators used in combination with X Window System and Wayland

• xterm – standard terminal for X11
• GNOME Terminal – default terminal for GNOME with native Wayland support
• guake – drop-down terminal for GNOME
• konsole – default terminal for KDE
• xfce4-terminal – default terminal for Xfce with drop-down support
• Terminator – written in Java with many novel or experimental features
• Terminology[1] – enhanced terminal supportive of multimedia and text manipulation for X11 and Linux framebuffer
• Tilda – a drop-down terminal
• Yakuake – (Yet Another Kuake) a drop-down terminal for KDE
• rxvt – lightweight terminal emulator

• aterm (from rxvt 2.4.8) created for use with the AfterStep window manager (no longer maintained)
• Eterm (from rxvt 2.21) created for use with Enlightenment
• mrxvt (from rxvt 2.7.11) created for multiple tabs and additional features (latest version released in 2008-09-10)
• urxvt (from rxvt 2.7.11) created to support Unicode, also known as rxvt-unicode
• Wterm – created for NeXTSTEP style window managers such as Window Maker

Terminal emulators used on macOS

• Terminal – default macOS terminal
• iTerm2 – open-source terminal specifically for macOS
• xterm – default terminal when X11.app starts
• MacWise
• SecureCRT
• Terminator
• ZOC
• ZTerm – serial line terminal

• MacTerminal
• ZTerm

• AbsoluteTelnet
• AlphaCom
• 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)
• Kermit 95
• mintty – Cygwin terminal
• Procomm Plus
• PuTTY
• Qmodem Pro
• RUMBA
• SecureCRT
• Tera Term
• TtyEmulator
• Windows Console – Windows command line terminal
• Windows Terminal
• ZOC

• Crosstalk
• Kermit
• ProComm
• Qmodem and Qmodem Pro
• Synchronet
• Telix
• Terminate

• Kermit 95
• ZOC – discontinued support for OS/2

• NComm

• CBterm/C64

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

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

• TN3270 Plus
• Eicon Aviva
• ZOC
• x3270 – IBM 3270 emulator for X11 and most Unix-like systems[2]
• Tn5250j
• Rocket BlueZone
• IBM Personal Communications
• c3270 – IBM 3270 emulator for running inside a vt100/curses emulator for most Unix-like systems[2]