Comparison of terminal emulators

Operating systems

Name	Windows	DOS	OS X	Mac OS	GNU/Linux	BSD	Unix	Cygwin
Win32 console	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Terminal (OS X)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Linux console	No	No	No	No	Yes	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
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	choose bitmap fonts	choose vector fonts	256 colors	mouse tracking	OSC color palette	application keypad	tabs
rxvt	rxvt	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	No	Yes	No	Yes (with --enable-256-color)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
mrxvt	rxvt	Yes	Partial	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	Yes (with --enable-256-color)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
rxvt-unicode	rxvt-unicode rxvt-unicode-256color	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes (with --enable-256-color)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Linux console	linux	No	?	No	Yes	No	?	?	No	No	Yes (with gpm or so)	No	No	No
xterm	xterm	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Win32 console	N/A	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	No
PuTTY	xterm	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Konsole	xterm	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes
Qodem	vt52 vt100 vt102 vt220 linux xterm ansi avatar dumb	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
minicom	sh	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

See also

• Comparison of SSH clients
• List of terminal emulators