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Terminal-emulator projects on GitHub

Modern GPU-accelerated terminal emulators for developers.

As of , the most-starred Terminal-emulator projects on GitHub are terminal (105.2K stars), warp (65.5K stars) and hyper (44.7K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 15 Terminal-emulator repositories with 348.8K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 18 was pebrel, with +37 stars in a day.

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+220Stars in a day
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Hot right now

Most stars gained in a day · Oct 18

+37

pebrel

Kuddev/pebrel · ★ 3.5K

Pebrel is a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux that brings local shells, SSH/SFTP remote access, and AI command-line tools like Claude Code and Codex into one native desktop workspace.

+34

Netcatty

binaricat/Netcatty · ★ 6.7K

Netcatty is a modern SSH client and terminal manager for macOS, Windows, and Linux that bundles SSH, SFTP, and terminal workspace management with a built-in AI assistant called Catty Agent.

+29

tuios

Gaurav-Gosain/tuios · ★ 5.5K

TUIOS is a terminal window manager and multiplexer built in Go that adds tiling panes, workspaces, and persistent daemon-backed sessions on top of your terminal, with built-in awareness of what coding agents running in its panes are doing.

+24

shell-rs

since2006/shell-rs · ★ 356

ShellRS is a native, cross-platform SSH client that combines Xshell-style host management, tabbed terminals, a WinSCP-style dual-pane SFTP browser and SSH port forwarding in one window.

The all-time top

15 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · microsoft/terminal

    terminal

    This is the source code for Windows Terminal, a modern tab-based terminal app for Windows, plus the original Windows console host (conhost.exe) that powers classic command-line apps, both maintained in the same repo.

    105.2K
  2. #2 · warpdotdev/warp

    warp

    Warp is an agentic development environment built from the terminal, combining a terminal emulator with a built-in coding agent and support for bringing your own CLI agent.

    65.5K
  3. #3 · vercel/hyper

    hyper

    Hyper is a terminal emulator built with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript) on top of Electron, aiming to be a beautiful and extensible command-line interface.

    44.7K
  1. 4

    WindTerm

    32.5KkingToolbox/WindTerm · C

    WindTerm is a free professional SSH/Telnet/Serial/Shell/Sftp client and terminal built for DevOps, combining remote connections, a local shell and file transfer in one application.

  2. 5

    wezterm

    29.3Kwezterm/wezterm · Rust

    WezTerm is a GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer, written in Rust by @wez.

  3. 6

    ish

    20.6Kish-app/ish · C

    iSH is an open-source iOS app that gives you a Linux shell on your iPhone or iPad. It emulates an x86 processor in usermode and translates Linux syscalls, so Linux command-line programs run on iOS as they are.

  4. 7

    upterm

    19Krailsware/upterm · TypeScript

    Upterm (formerly Black Screen) is a terminal emulator that is also an interactive shell — the README calls it an IDE in the world of terminals. It is a desktop app built on Electron.

  5. 8

    rio

    7.6Kraphamorim/rio · Rust

    Rio is a hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator written in Rust, designed to work as both a native desktop application and inside web browsers.

  6. 9

    Netcatty

    6.7Kbinaricat/Netcatty · TypeScript

    Netcatty is a modern SSH client and terminal manager for macOS, Windows, and Linux that bundles SSH, SFTP, and terminal workspace management with a built-in AI assistant called Catty Agent.

  7. 10

    Kaku

    6.1Ktw93/Kaku · Rust

    Kaku is a macOS terminal built on WezTerm that comes pre-configured with fonts, themes, shell integration, and Mac shortcuts, with an optional AI assistant for command suggestions and chat.

  8. 11

    tuios

    5.5KGaurav-Gosain/tuios · Go

    TUIOS is a terminal window manager and multiplexer built in Go that adds tiling panes, workspaces, and persistent daemon-backed sessions on top of your terminal, with built-in awareness of what coding agents running in its panes are doing.

  9. 12

    pebrel

    3.5KKuddev/pebrel · Rust

    Pebrel is a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux that brings local shells, SSH/SFTP remote access, and AI command-line tools like Claude Code and Codex into one native desktop workspace.

  10. 13

    herdr-gpui

    1.5Kpenso/herdr-gpui · Rust

    Herdr GPUI is a native desktop client for Herdr, a terminal/agent session daemon, letting you view terminal sessions, workspaces, Git worktrees, and agent activity through your local Herdr daemon on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

  11. 14

    herdrm

    763missuo/herdrm · C

    herdrm is a native macOS console app that sits on top of herdr, a background daemon that owns your coding agents' terminals, letting you see live status and attach to any agent or shell terminal across local and remote (SSH) devices from one sidebar.

  12. 15

    shell-rs

    356since2006/shell-rs · Rust

    ShellRS is a native, cross-platform SSH client that combines Xshell-style host management, tabbed terminals, a WinSCP-style dual-pane SFTP browser and SSH port forwarding in one window.

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