Top 15 Guake terminal Alternative and Similar Softwares | Nov 2024

Guake is a top-down terminal for Gnome (in the style of Yakuake for KDE, Tilda or the terminal used in Quake). Guake is already package by a number of distribution (among them are Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu or ArchLinux).

1. Yakuake

Yakuake Yakuake is a drop-down (Quake-style) terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again.Yakuake, in the......

2. Qonsole

Qonsole "A Quake-like Console Emulator."Proudly under the MIT License.......

3. Terra

Terra Terra is a GTK+3.0 based terminal emulator with useful user interface, it also supports multiple terminals with splitting screen horizontally or vertically.......

4. Cool Retro Term

Cool Retro Term Cool Retro Term (CRT) is a terminal emulator which mimics the look and feel of the old cathode tube screens. It has been designed to be eye-candy, customizable, and reasonably lightweight.Included are an array of packaged profiles (themes) that you can fully customize to get the exact, retro look you'd......

5. TermBar

TermBar TermBar is a terminal app that puts the command line in the Mac Menu Bar for easier access that can help alleviate clutter on the desktop.......

6. Cathode

Cathode Cathode is a fully customizable terminal app with a look inspired by classic computers.......

7. HyperTerm

HyperTerm A beautiful and extensible experience for command-line interface users, built on open web standards."In the beginning, our focus will be primarily around speed, stability and the development of the correct API for extension authors.In the future, we anticipate the community will come up with innovative additions to enhance what could......

8. PieTTY

PieTTY PieTTY is a free SSH client based on PuTTY and dedicated to multilingual (especially CJK) environments, accessibility, and simpler user interface. "Glass Window Mode" : Alpha-blending / HW-accelerated transparency & drop-shadow. Drag'n'drop scp [scp only in stable version]......

9. yeahconsole

yeahconsole YeahConsole turns an xterm into a gamelike console.This means it will slide down from top of your screen if you hit a shortcut key.(You will need xterm version 168 or higher to make this happen)......

10. Konsole

Konsole Konsole is a free terminal emulator which is part of KDE Software Compilation. It features: Tabbed terminals; Tab titles; Translucent backgrounds; Split-view mode; Directory and SSH bookmarking; Customizable color schemes; Customizable key bindings; Notifications about silence or activity in a terminal; Incremental search; Export of output in plain text or......

11. ConsoleZ

ConsoleZ console - This is a modified version of Console 2 for a better experience under Windows Vista/7/8 and a better visual rendering.......

12. ST - Simple Terminal

ST - Simple Terminal st is a simple terminal implementation for X.What is wrong with xterm ?xterm is bloated and unmaintainable. Here’s an excerpt from the README: Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter HereThis is undoubtedly the most ugly program in the distribution. It was one of the first "serious" programs ported,......

13. ContextConsole Shell Extension

ContextConsole Shell Extension The ContextConsole Shell Extension adds an "Open Command Prompt" menu item to the context menus (right-click menus) in Windows Explorer so that you can open a command prompt in the selected directory (or directories) or in the current directory that you are viewing.......

14. FireCMD

FireCMD FireCMD command shell has features like recursive aliases, command substitution using files, HTML and CSS support, which makes it a next generation command shell. It also remembers command history and last working directory for next session. A UNIX like environment and UNIX commands are also provided using UWIN package developed......

15. TotalTerminal

TotalTerminal A system-wide terminal accessible via a hot-key. TotalTerminal is a plugin for Terminal.app. It provides persistent Visor Window which slides down when you press a hot-key. Remember Quake Console?......