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Comparison of terminal emulators

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== List of terminal emulators ==
[https://conemu.github.io/ ConEmu - Handy Windows Terminal] for {{Win}} 
* '''Download''': [https://github.com/Maximus5/ConEmu/releases Releases · Maximus5/ConEmu]
* '''License''': [https://github.com/Maximus5/ConEmu/blob/master/LICENSE BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License]
* '''Logging the screen output''': Available<ref>[https://superuser.com/questions/1294953/how-can-i-get-output-logged-from-conemu logging - How can I get output logged from ConEmu? - Super User]</ref>
* '''Background process finished alert''': When multiple tabs are open at the same time: ConEmu displays {{kbd | key=<nowiki>cmd[*]</nowiki>}} on the tab when a background process completes.

[https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty Ghostty]: "👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration." for {{Mac}} & {{Linux}} v. 1.1.3
* '''License''': [https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/LICENSE MIT License]
* '''Logging the screen output''':
* '''Background process finished alert''': Not available<ref>[https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/3555 "Command Finished" Notifications · ghostty-org/ghostty · Discussion #3555]</ref>

[https://www.iterm2.com/downloads.html iTerm2 - Mac OS Terminal Replacement] for {{Mac}} Build 3.5.14
* '''License''': [https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/blob/master/LICENSE GNU General Public License v2.0]
* '''Logging the screen output''': Available
* '''Background process finished alert''': Available {{Gd}} 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<ref>[https://iterm2.com/documentation-preferences-appearance.html Appearance Preferences - Documentation - iTerm2 - macOS Terminal Replacement]</ref>)

The built-in native Terminal.app on {{Mac}}
* '''License''': 
* '''Logging the screen output''':
* '''Background process finished alert''': Available {{Gd}} When multiple tabs are open at the same time: Terminal.app displays a tree dots {{kbd | key=<nowiki>...</nowiki>}} on the tab when a background process completes.

The built-in native Terminal App on ubuntu 4.04 {{Linux}}
* '''License''': 
* '''Logging the screen output''': N/A
* '''Background process finished alert''': N/A

[https://gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web/ Tilix: A tiling terminal emulator] v. 1.9.6 {{Linux}}
* '''License''': 
* '''Logging the screen output''': 
* '''Background process finished alert''': [https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix/wiki/VTE-Configuration-Issue VTE Configuration Issue · gnunn1/tilix Wiki]

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

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

Windows [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cmd.exe command prompt] (DOS or cmd)
<pre>
echo Starting test... && timeout /t %random:~-1% /nobreak >nul && echo Test completed!
</pre>

== Further readings ==
* [https://terminaltrove.com/compare/terminals/ Compare Terminals - Terminal Trove]
* [https://github.com/g6ai/dotfiles/wiki/Terminal-Emulators#comparison-of-terminal-emulators Terminal Emulators · g6ai/dotfiles Wiki]
* [https://github.com/cdleon/awesome-terminals cdleon/awesome-terminals: Terminal Emulators]

== References ==
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