Best Terminal Emulators on GitHub (2026)

This list contains the top 12 terminal emulators on GitHub, ranked by the RepoRadar scoring engine across five quality dimensions. The top-ranked repo is alacritty/alacritty with 64.6k stars. Projects span written in Rust, Java, Zig, Shell. Data last updated 2026-06-19.

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alacritty
alacritty
alacritty
90
Elite

A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

64.6k 3,493 339 Rust updated 2 days ago
bsdgpulinuxmacos
2
termux
termux
termux-app
90
Elite

Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages.

56.6k 6,792 551 Java updated 14 days ago
androidhacktoberfestlinuxterminal
3
ghostty-org
ghostty-org
ghostty
87
Strong

👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.

56.7k 2,925 247 Zig updated 11 hours ago
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Gogh-Co
Gogh-Co
Gogh
85
Strong

Gogh is a collection of color schemes for various terminal emulators, including Gnome Terminal, Pantheon Terminal, Tilix, and XFCE4 Terminal also compatible with iTerm on macOS.

10.2k 629 3 Shell updated 8 days ago
bashcolor-schemegnome-terminaliterm2
wezterm
wezterm
wezterm
84
Strong

A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

26.7k 1,506 1,728 Rust updated yesterday
rustserialserial-portterminal
gnachman
gnachman
iTerm2
83
Strong

iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

17.7k 1,411 68 Objective-C updated 11 hours ago
raphamorim
raphamorim
rio
80
Strong

A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator focusing to run in desktops and browsers.

6.9k 294 376 Rust updated 4 days ago
gpu-accelerationriorio-terminalrust
Swordfish90
Swordfish90
cool-retro-term
79
Strong

A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display...

25.7k 990 550 QML updated 19 days ago
linuxmacosqmlqt
gnunn1
gnunn1
tilix
73
Solid

A tiling terminal emulator for Linux using GTK+ 3

5.7k 317 450 D updated 2 months ago
dlanggtk3terminalterminal-emulators
felixse
felixse
FluentTerminal
63
Solid

A Terminal Emulator based on UWP and web technologies.

9.6k 452 240 C# updated 5 months ago
HFO4
55
Mixed

🕹️ A basic gameboy emulator with terminal "Cloud Gaming" support

4.9k 241 12 Go updated 1 year ago
asciiemulatorgamegameboy
liftoff
liftoff
GateOne
54
Mixed

Gate One is an HTML5-powered terminal emulator and SSH client

6.3k 909 366 JavaScript updated 3 years ago

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best terminal emulators on GitHub?

Based on the RepoRadar scoring engine, alacritty/alacritty is currently the top-ranked option with 64.6k stars and a score of 90/100.

How are terminal emulators repositories ranked?

Repositories are ranked by the RepoRadar score — a composite of five dimensions: Popularity (35%), Freshness (25%), Maintenance (20%), Community (10%), and Completeness (10%). Scores range from 0–100.

When was this list last updated?

This list was last updated on 2026-06-19. Data is sourced directly from GitHub's public API. No cached or fabricated repositories are used.

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