Terminals

Terminal emulators for macOS. All 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
• 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