Alternatives to Guake

A Python-based drop-down terminal for GNOME, modelled on the console in Quake. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Guake.

  • Yakuake

    A drop-down terminal emulator for KDE, based on Konsole, that rolls down from the top of the screen.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Yakuake is a drop-down terminal based on Konsole with tabs and a D-Bus scripting interface, and it fits best on KDE Plasma rather than GNOME.

  • Tilda

    A GTK drop-down terminal for Linux that slides in from the screen edge on a hotkey.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Tilda is a lightweight GTK drop-down terminal that slides in from the screen edge on a hotkey, with fewer features than full tiling terminals.

  • Xfce Terminal

    The lightweight terminal emulator of the Xfce desktop, with tabs and a drop-down window mode.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Xfce Terminal has a built-in drop-down window mode alongside normal tabbed use, is light on resources, and fits best on an Xfce desktop.

  • QTerminal

    A lightweight Qt terminal emulator maintained by the LXQt desktop project.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    QTerminal is a lightweight Qt terminal from LXQt with a drop-down mode plus tabs and split panes, aimed at lightweight Linux desktops rather than GNOME.

  • Deepin Terminal

    A Qt terminal emulator from the Deepin desktop with workspaces, remote server management and quake mode.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Deepin Terminal offers a drop-down quake mode plus workspaces, split panes and saved SSH servers, but it is built on Qt 5 around the Deepin desktop.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.