Software:Comparison of terminal emulators

Operating systems

Name	Windows	DOS	macOS	Classic Mac OS	Linux	BSD	Unix	Cygwin
Win32 console	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Terminal (macOS)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Linux console	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
xterm	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Terminator	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GNOME Terminal	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Konsole	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
xfce4-terminal	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
LXTerminal	No	No	No	No	Yes	?	?	Yes
eterm	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
weston-terminal	No	No	No	No	Yes	Not Yet	No	No
rxvt	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
mrxvt	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
wterm	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
minicom	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Tilda	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Yakuake	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Guake	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
iTerm2	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
mintty	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
ConEmu	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
PuTTY	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	?
Qodem	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
ZTerm	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Red Ryder	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No

Note: Virtual machines and emulations are not included. Only directly supported platforms are listed.

Notes

^Dropdown This is a drop-down terminal.

Capabilities

Name	TERM environment variable	VT52	VT100	VT220	UTF-8	CJK	CTL	256 colors	24-bit colors	OSC color palette	Bracketed paste
rxvt	rxvt	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	No	Yes (with --enable-256-color)	?	Yes	?
mrxvt	rxvt	Yes	Partial	No	No	Yes	?	Yes (with --enable-256-color)	?	No	?
Linux console	linux	No	?	No	Yes	No	?	No	Yes	No	Can't paste
xterm	xterm	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Win32 console	N/A	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	No	?
PuTTY	xterm	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?
Konsole	xterm	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
GNOME Terminal	xterm-256color	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes
weston-terminal	xterm	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	No	?	No
Terminology	xterm	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	No	?	Yes
Qodem	vt52 vt100 vt102 vt220 linux xterm ansi avatar dumb	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	?	No	?
minicom	sh	No	Yes	No	No	?	No	?	No	?

User interface

Name	scrolling	reflow on width change	choose bitmap fonts	choose vector fonts	mouse tracking	application keypad	tabs	split screen
Konsole	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
xterm	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
PuTTY	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Terminology	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes
mrxvt	?	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Terminal (macOS)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial
rxvt	?	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
GNOME Terminal	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	No
Win32 console	Yes	?	Yes	?	No	No	No	No
Qodem	?	?	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Linux console	No	Can't change width	?	No	Yes (with gpm or so)	No	No	No
weston-terminal	Broken	No	?	?	?	?	No	No
minicom	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	No

Name	Clickable URLs	Keyboard search and select	Derivative scrolling
GNOME Terminal	Yes	Yes	No
Konsole	Yes	No	?

Notes

^Output salad In a scrolled up position, command output overwrites the shown part of the scrollback buffer instead of appending to it.

See also

• List of terminal emulators
• Comparison of command shells
• Comparison of SSH clients

External links

• True Colour (16 million colours) support in various terminal applications and terminals