Alternatives to Tilda

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

  • Guake

    A Python-based drop-down terminal for GNOME, modelled on the console in Quake.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Guake is a Python-based drop-down terminal aimed at GNOME that also appears and hides with one hotkey, and has a long history with many contributors.

  • 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 for KDE Plasma, adding tabs and a D-Bus scripting interface, with regular releases through KDE Gear.

  • Xfce Terminal

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Xfce Terminal is a full terminal with tabs and a built-in drop-down window mode, so one application covers both drop-down and regular use.

  • QTerminal

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    QTerminal is a lightweight Qt terminal from LXQt that includes a drop-down mode alongside tabs and split panes, instead of Tilda's GTK stack.

  • Deepin Terminal

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Deepin Terminal offers a quake mode together with split-pane workspaces and saved SSH servers, built on Qt 5 around the Deepin desktop.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.