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Indie alternatives to iTerm2

5 products made by independent developers and small teams that do what iTerm2 does, 5 of them with a free plan. Free and open-source options come first.

At a glance

The alternatives

1. Alacritty

Fast, minimal GPU-accelerated terminal

Alacritty is an OpenGL terminal emulator focused on performance and simplicity, configured with a TOML file.

Free · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

2. Ghostty

Fast, native, feature-rich terminal emulator

Ghostty is an open-source terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.

Free · Mac, Linux · Website ↗

3. kitty

Fast, feature-rich GPU terminal emulator

kitty is a GPU-based terminal with tabs, splits, graphics protocol and scriptable extensions called kittens.

Free · Mac, Linux · Website ↗

4. WezTerm

GPU-accelerated terminal and multiplexer

WezTerm is a cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer configured in Lua.

Free · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

5. Warp

Modern terminal with built-in AI agents

Warp is a terminal with IDE-style input editing, command blocks, shared workflows and AI agents for coding tasks.

Free plan · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

Questions

Is there a free alternative to iTerm2?

Yes. 5 of the 5 indie alternatives listed here have a free plan or are free: Alacritty, Ghostty, kitty, WezTerm and 1 more.

Is there an open-source alternative to iTerm2?

Alacritty, Ghostty, kitty and WezTerm are open source.

What makes these alternatives to iTerm2 “indie”?

They are built by independent developers or small teams rather than large companies. Each one is listed because it does the same core job as iTerm2.

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