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
rxvt-unicode	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
mrxvt	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
aterm	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.

Capabilities

Name	TERM environment variable	VT52	VT100	VT220	UTF-8	CJK	CTL	256 colors	24-bit colors	OSC color palette
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
rxvt-unicode	rxvt-unicode rxvt-unicode-256color	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes (with --enable-256-color)	?	Yes
Linux console	linux	No	?	No	Yes	No	?	No	Yes	No
xterm	xterm	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Win32 console	N/A	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	No	No	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	?
weston-terminal	xterm	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	No	?
Qodem	vt52 vt100 vt102 vt220 linux xterm ansi avatar dumb	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	?	No
minicom	sh	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	No	?	No

User interface

Name	scrolling	reflow on width change	choose bitmap fonts	choose vector fonts	mouse tracking	application keypad	tabs	split screen
rxvt	?	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
mrxvt	?	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
rxvt-unicode	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Linux console	No	N/A	?	No	Yes (with gpm or so)	No	No	No
xterm	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Win32 console	Yes	?	Yes	?	No	No	No	No
Terminal (macOS)	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	Partial
PuTTY	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Konsole	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
GNOME Terminal	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	No
weston-terminal	Broken	No	?	?	?	?	No	No
Terminology	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes
Qodem	?	?	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
minicom	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	No

See also

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