Skip to content
Roman's notes

Terminals

Terminal emulators for macOS. Most are installable via brew install --cask <name>.

  • Ghostty — GPU-accelerated terminal with native macOS feel, ligatures, and image protocol support; open source
  • Okena — native terminal multiplexer written in Rust with GPU-accelerated rendering (GPUI), designed for running multiple CLI agents side-by-side; features project columns, automatic session restoration, git integration, and cross-platform support (macOS, Linux, Windows); open source (MIT)
  • cmux — macOS terminal built on Ghostty for managing multiple AI coding agents; features vertical tabs, split panes, and a socket API
  • Kero — native macOS terminal workspace built on libghostty that wraps the shell in project context: sidebar projects (Cmd+1–9), persistent tabs and split panes restored on relaunch, a git panel with inline diffs and staging, and a tree-sitter file browser with in-app editing; requires macOS 15.6+, no telemetry; open source (GPL-3.0)
  • iTerm2 — long-standing Terminal replacement with split panes, search, autocomplete, paste history, and deep customization; open source
  • Warp — AI-assisted terminal with command blocks, a command palette, and team sharing features
  • Kitty — GPU-accelerated terminal with ligatures, image support, and a tiling window system; highly configurable
  • WezTerm — GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal written in Rust; supports multiplexing, ligatures, and Lua-based configuration
  • Alacritty — minimal, GPU-accelerated terminal written in Rust focused on performance and simplicity
  • Hyper — terminal built on web technologies (HTML/CSS/JS) with a plugin and theme ecosystem
  • rootshell — Metal-accelerated terminal for iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro, and Mac built on libghostty; includes integrated SSH client, native Git CLI, Mosh support, post-quantum cryptography, and a built-in AI agent