Open source terminal projects
Every project in the registry tagged terminal, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
High-performance terminal with GPU acceleration
A modern terminal built around AI coding agents
Organize terminal sessions with built-in layouts, tabs, and panes
GPU-accelerated terminal built for power users
Secure access management for modern IT infrastructure
GPU-accelerated terminal emulator with multiplexing across all platforms
An open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal.
Cross-platform terminal with AI built in
The most RAM efficient harness
The personal information dashboard for your terminal
Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.
🚀 Beautiful highly customizable statusline for Claude Code CLI with powerline support, themes, and more.
The modern API client that lives in your terminal.
Log file navigator
Review-first terminal diff viewer for agentic coders
Terminal file manager
Lightweight (7MB) Terminal-first AI-native dev workspace
Real-time Claude Code usage monitor with predictions and warnings
Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests
A free coding agent in your terminal. It runs on the smartest free model that is up today.
🐸 a database tool for the terminal
📺🗿 Terminal graphics for the 21st century.
Terminal-based CPU stress and monitoring utility
A browser inside your terminal
Neovim 🤝 OpenCode in the flow that you already know.
The power of curl, the ease of use of httpie.
Terminal file manager
AI Chatbots in terminal for free
Ghostty for the web with xterm.js API compatibility
Terminal security for developers and AI agents. Intercepts homograph URLs, pipe-to-shell, ANSI injection, obfuscated payloads, data exfiltration, and malicious
Terminal interface to find, download, and stream movies, TV shows, and live TV using local media players.
the terminal client for LLMs
Modern TUI calendar and task manager with minimal and customizable UI.
Seamless integration between Claude Code AI assistant and Neovim
Versatile ASCII and ANSI Art text editor for drawing in the Linux/Unix/macOS terminal, with animation, 256 and 16 colors, Unicode and CP437, and customizable th
vibe coding 的驾驶舱：左边文件，右边/下边终端，中间看清每一次改动。 / The cockpit for vibe coding: browse files on the left, command agents on the right, watch every change in between.
Build TypeScript TUI backed by fast native rendering engine
Terminal UI to get stuff done in the browser
Markdown pastebin from command line
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Frequently asked questions
How many open source terminal projects are there?
This registry tracks 39 projects tagged terminal, with 513,222 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is Alacritty at 66,108 stars.
Are these terminal projects free to use?
Yes — 38 of the 39 carry an explicit open-source licence across 9 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.
Which terminal project should I choose?
The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.
Are these terminal projects still maintained?
34 of the 39 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.