Terminal reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 242 Reddit reviews across 8 subreddits and 12 posts to rank the best Terminal brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/neovim, r/archlinux, r/Fedora, r/macapps, r/MacOS. Top-rated brands include Ghostty (4.5/5), Kitty (4.1/5), Alacritty (4.0/5).
Stats
Reviews242
Subreddits8
Posts12
Brands49
Products1
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#1
Ghostty
4.5
(44)
"Avid user of Ghostty. Occasional iTerm. I use these two with the fish shell. Love it. ❤️"
"Been loving Ghostty <3"
"I use Ghostty now and it’s easily 11/10 after tweaking the appearance a bit to fit my liking."
"Without a ton of tweaking is the base idea of Ghostty"
"Use ghostly that’s the new kid in town."
"Ghostty just happens to be the fine I am looking for lol."
"Ghostyy idk why i love zig."
"Ghostty is a new one and is good!"
"[ghostty] implements the kitty image protocol."
"Nothing close to Ghostty. Its stupid fast yet has all the features iterm2 or warp has and more."
#2
Kitty
4.1
(32)
"Nothing but kitty for a couple years now. I liked foot too, but I'd prefer it had tabs."
"Once I went down the customization hole, I came out on the other side with Kitty in my back."
"Kitty is pretty well established. Fast rendering. With a broad user base."
"I'm using Kitty on Fedora with Hyprland and it's been great — fast, GPU-accelerated, and very configurable."
"Kitty"
"Kitty is the best imo but it doesn't really matter."
"I use kitty as my terminal manager, I prefer to just put `shell fish` in my config and forget about it."
"Kitty, Wezterm"
"I use Kitty because it supports images. Only real distinguishing feature for my use cases honestly."
"Kitty has both the things you mentioned. The ghost replaced with a cat. It has more config options and imho is far superior."
#3
Alacritty
4.0
(31)
"I use alacritty. Have been for years now. It’s fast and simple."
"I love Alacritty."
"I use alacritty with tmux, granted I spend most of my time in my terminal."
"I like alacritty and ghostty. Both give the look I want, with minimal configuration."
"Just try them out and see what you like, but I prefer alacritty"
"Alacritty or urxvt"
"Alacritty is cool, been using it for years"
"Alacritty works great with ranger."
"Wait till you combine alacritty and zellij"
"I personally use Alacritty, I don't think it matters much."
#4
Warp
4.4
(17)
"Terminal Warp."
"Go to warp for sure, i'm in love with it since it's installed !!"
"Warp."
"I love Warp, using it both on windows and macOS. Was using iterm before but never missed it."
"For terminal I use Warp. Couldn’t live without it now https://www.warp.dev"
"Warp allows you to edit text with normal Mac keyboard shortcuts, like using Command and Option and Shift with the arrow keys to select and navigate through text."
"I’ve been using warp for quite sometime. And I love it https://www.warp.dev"
"Second for warp. Been really great for me"
"I've been using Warp dev. It's very good!"
"I like warp personally"
#5
WezTerm
4.4
(17)
"Personal i find wezterm great as i can use both my config on my personal pc and my work Windows laptop"
"Wezterm, scripting is so good, you can do everything!"
"WezTerm. It has great wiki, a lot of features and a lua config file"
"I personally prefer WezTerm"
"It’s fast, the multiplexing and workspaces are good."
"Wezterm and Neovim are perfect match!"
"I've pretty much settled on this setup, and have never looked back."
"Wezterm and alacritty."
"Wezterm."
"Wezterm for now. Trying Ghostty."
#6
Yazi
5.0
(8)
"Yazi. Used Midnight Commander, NNN, Ranger, but Yazi is the only one I can say works better than any gui file manager I've tried to date."
"`yazi` is the only correct answer"
"Yazi. Great out of the box."
"Yazi. It replaces everything I need to do in lf. Definitely don't use Ranger since it's slow."
"Ranger sucks, it's slow AF. Lf is even better and yazi is better than lf."
"After i use yazi i think is the best file manager for terminal cli without using gui"
"Yazi is superior to all the other file managers, including GUI ones? it's the most configurable file manager of all time. IT HAS A BUILTIN PLUGIN MANAGER."
"When I installed yazi it just worked out of the box in kitty and showed previews of videos file, pdfs, etc which I never saw in ranger."
#7
iTerm
4.6
(7)
"ITerm 2 has no rival even if you include all other operating systems"
"ITerm2 does everything you’ve asked for."
"I have always used iTerm2 and plan to continue doing so"
"ITerm2 with custom settings + Nerd Hack font + onedarkpro theme for vim"
"Been using iterm2 for about 6 months."
"Iterm2 is pretty much enough for me."
"I use iTerm since it's the only one I've found so far that allows panes to have different font sizes."
#8
foot
4.0
(6)
"Personally, I use Foot because it's snappy and super simple a bare bones"
"I use foot. It's a Wayland terminal emulator that has a server mode (foot server) that you can set up easily."
"What I like most about foot is how fast it launches. It's quick enough to feel instantaneous and that's very satisfying."
"I used foot and I’m very happy with it. Fast, simple and easy to customize."
"Other good ones are foot"
"Foot, a simple, very fast, very efficient, wayland only terminal."
#9
Konsole
3.8
(6)
"On both of my personal systems I use the KDE Plasma DE, and I find Konsole serves my needs."
"I too install Konsole and Kate after a fresh install of Workstation."
"Konsole"
"Konsole for me"
"Konsole. On mac it's iterm2."
"I guess I'm basic I use konsole."
#10
Ptyxis
3.8
(6)
"Ptyxis - the one that comes with Fedora is the best terminal for Fedora if you’re using it in the way the developers intended."
"And if you want something for GNOME: Ptyxis. Uses libadwaita and integrates perfectly"
"I use flatpak Ptyxis (the GNOME default) with rpm alacrity as backup."
"I've found that Ptyxis (the default since Fedora 41 I think) is much nicer to use than gnome-terminal."
"I use the default (ptyxis) because it is adequate for my needs."
"Ptyxis - my second recommendation. If it hadn't dropped my system a couple times I would have used it."
#11
Termius
4.0
(5)
"Imo it's really clean and easy to use."
"+1 for Termius"
"Termius"
"Termius :)"
"Termius is pretty good."
#12
Tilix
4.3
(4)
"If your asking for my favorite terminal emulator, it would be Tilix."
"The default one is nice + Tilix when I need multiple sessions side to side."
"My favorite flavor is Tilix"
"On linux, I like Tilix, and on windows alacritty."
#13
Vifm
4.3
(3)
"If you like vim, I will highly recommend vifm, because it so much vim-like, and you can configure it within only one file vifmrc. Pretty good, customizable."
"Vifm. And it also has a Vim plugin."
"Started with vifm, changed to LF (still love it) but currently amazed by yazi. vifm suits me as the best file manager for server file operations."
#14
ranger
4.3
(3)
"Latest version of ranger (I grabbed via GitHub) + wezterm + sixel works great via ssh"
"Ranger + kitty is a nice combination and can get you in-terminal image viewing"
"Ranger is good but yazi is far superior"
#15
nnn
4.3
(3)
"Nnn/lf/yazi can do everything ranger can do and is more performant."
"If you're looking for something more lightweight but is still pretty extensible and performant, then `nnn`/`lf`."
"Nnn/lf if you want light and minimal, yazi if you want everything (but is still performant and unlike the other options, it's async too)."
#16
Terminator
4.3
(3)
"I have used Terminator for years and years."
"I came here and was surprised Terminator didn't get more of a mention. I'm another vote for Terminator."
"I personally like terminator. That's what I've been using for probably the last ten years or so."
#17
Terminal.app
4.0
(3)
"The MacOS Terminal. It has a built in connection manager."
"Terminal.app"
"Apple has a decent default terminal application. Just type terminal in Spotlight."
#18
Windows Terminal
4.0
(3)
"For windows, windows terminal, is the fastest terminal I've used."
"Windows terminal. Because why not, I have had no issues with it."
"Windows terminal and ghostty on Mac."
#19
xfce4-terminal
3.7
(3)
"Another one for xfce4-terminal. I did my research. It was one of the lightest in arch repo."
"Another one for xfce4-terminal. I did my research. It was one of the lightest in arch repo."
"I just use xfce4-terminal hahahaha"
#20
ani-cli
5.0
(2)
"Ani-cli and it's superior to websites no ads no pop ups nothing to bother you."
"Ani-cli"
#21
iTerm2
4.5
(2)
"Iterm2, it's stable!"
"ITerm2/Tabby + plain SSH for me."
#22
Yakuake
4.5
(2)
"Yakuake. Because it's suits well for Kde, has all Konsole features and it's dropdown."
"Yakuake"
#23
lf
4.5
(2)
"`lf` for me, fast, performant, not bloated like Ranger."
"If you're looking for something more lightweight but is still pretty extensible and performant, then `nnn`/`lf`."
#24
Cool Retro Term
4.5
(2)
"My favorite is Cool Retro Term."
"Cool Retro Term all the way"
#25
Rio
4.0
(2)
"Not many people seem to know about rio. It is amazing!"
"You can try rio which is looks pretty. But I am using Ghostty."
#26
ncspot
4.0
(2)
"Ncspot for Spotify in the terminal."
"I like ncspot. Spotify-tui was nice when it was maintained."
#27
DDTerm
3.5
(2)
"I use the DDTerm Gnome Shell Extension for quick terminal use, but if I need a terminal window I have the default terminal app on my dock."
"I use the default or ddterm, but at the end of the day you can test and choose which works for you."
#28
SecureCRT
5.0
(1)
"My favorite terminal program for the Mac is SecureCRT."
#29
TMUX
5.0
(1)
"Terminal Multiplexer, TMUX and ZelliJ are the most popular options"
#30
Neovide
5.0
(1)
"The terminal was made for neovim."
#31
Harbor
5.0
(1)
"Shameless plug: Harbor allows to setup and get started with all three easily."
#32
Neovim
5.0
(1)
"Neovim is certainly the one I use the most"
#33
Guake
4.0
(1)
"I like Guake. Hit F12, it's there, hit F12 again, it's gone."
#34
Xfce Terminal
4.0
(1)
"I'm happy with Xfce terminal for when I need a command line."
#35
thunar
4.0
(1)
"If you want lightweight and image preview you can go with thunar it does the job and having to much function is waste when you can use through them terminal"
#36
ZelliJ
4.0
(1)
"Terminal Multiplexer, TMUX and ZelliJ are the most popular options"
#37
Suckless Terminal
4.0
(1)
"Other good ones are Suckless Terminal"
#38
urxvt
4.0
(1)
"I've always like urxvt when I was still using X11."
#39
BlackBox
4.0
(1)
"BlackBox - I use personally. Beautiful terminal with optimal amount of customization and unique features I need."
#40
Royal TSX
4.0
(1)
"If you need it for remote management, I'd recommend Royal TSX."
#41
ncmpcpp
4.0
(1)
"Ncmpcpp - A mpd client"
#42
Cmus
4.0
(1)
"Cmus for music."
#43
fastfetch
4.0
(1)
"Fastfetch"
#44
Spotify Player
4.0
(1)
"Spotify-player-bin on aur."
#45
Pianobar
4.0
(1)
"Pianobar - cli Pandora client"
#46
ST
3.0
(1)
"ST + tmux, I tried ghostty but I am with KDE."
#47
Tabby.sh
3.0
(1)
"Tabby.sh"
#48
Secure shellfish
3.0
(1)
"I am using Secure shellfish https://secureshellfish.app/"
#49
Hyper
3.0
(1)
"Hyper is an Electron-based terminal"
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