Comparison of terminal emulators

Operating systems

Name	Windows	Microsoft DOS	Mac OS X	Mac OS	GNU/Linux	BSD	Unix
aterm	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
eterm	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
gnome-terminal	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
guake	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
konsole	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kuake	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Linux console	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
minicom	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
mrxvt	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Qodem	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
rxvt	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
rxvt-unicode	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
xfce4-terminal	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Terminator	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
tilda	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
wterm	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
xterm	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Yakuake	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Win32 console	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
mintty	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
PuTTY	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Red Ryder	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Terminal (OS X)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
ZTerm	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Capabilities

Name	TERM environment variable	VT52	VT100	VT220	UTF-8	CJK	choose bitmap fonts	choose vector fonts	256 colors	mouse tracking	OSC color palette	application keypad	tabs
rxvt	rxvt	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	No	Yes (with --enable-256-color)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
mrxvt	rxvt	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes
rxvt-unicode	rxvt-unicode rxvt-unicode-256color	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes (with --enable-256-color)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Linux console	linux	No	?	No	Yes	No	?	No	No	Yes (with gpm or so)	No	No	No
xterm	xterm	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Win32 console	N/A	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	No
PuTTY	xterm	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
konsole	xterm	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes
xfce4-terminal	xterm	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes
Qodem	vt52 vt100 vt102 vt220 linux xterm ansi avatar dumb	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
minicom	sh	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

See also

• Comparison of SSH clients