Comparison of terminal emulators

Comparison of terminal emulators

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List of terminal emulators

ConEmu - Handy Windows Terminal for Win

• Download: Releases · Maximus5/ConEmu
• License: BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
• Logging the screen output: Available
• Background process finished alert: When multiple tabs are open at the same time: ConEmu displays cmd[*] on the tab when a background process completes.

Ghostty: "👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration." for macOS & Linux v. 1.1.3

• License: MIT License
• Logging the screen output:
• Background process finished alert: Not available

iTerm2 - Mac OS Terminal Replacement for macOS Build 3.5.14

• License: GNU General Public License v2.0
• Logging the screen output: Available
• Background process finished alert: Available When multiple tabs are open at the same time: iTerm displays a blue circle 🔵 on the tab when a background process completes. (Show new-output indicator)

The built-in native Terminal.app on macOS

• License:
• Logging the screen output:
• Background process finished alert: Available When multiple tabs are open at the same time: Terminal.app displays a tree dots ... on the tab when a background process completes.

Test scripts

This BASH script command simulates a test process with a random 3-5 second delay between start and completion messages.

echo "Starting test..." && sleep $((3 + RANDOM % 3)) && echo "Test completed!"

Windows command prompt (DOS or cmd)

echo Starting test... && timeout /t %random:~-1% /nobreak >nul && echo Test completed!

Further readings

• Compare Terminals - Terminal Trove
• Terminal Emulators · g6ai/dotfiles Wiki
• cdleon/awesome-terminals: Terminal Emulators