Alternatives to Xfce Terminal
The lightweight terminal emulator of the Xfce desktop, with tabs and a drop-down window mode. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Xfce Terminal
The lightweight terminal emulator of the Xfce desktop, with tabs and a drop-down window mode.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Xfce Terminal.
LXTerminal
A lightweight VTE-based terminal emulator from the LXDE project with tab support.
LXTerminal is a lightweight VTE terminal from LXDE with tabs and low memory use, but has fewer features, slower development and no drop-down mode.
QTerminal
A lightweight Qt terminal emulator maintained by the LXQt desktop project.
QTerminal is a lightweight Qt terminal from LXQt that adds split panes alongside tabs and a drop-down mode, instead of GTK.
GNOME Terminal
The long-standing VTE-based terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop on Linux.
GNOME Terminal is the VTE-based GNOME default, integrated with that desktop and maintained by the GNOME project, without a built-in drop-down mode.
Konsole
KDE's terminal emulator for running a command shell, with tabs, profiles, bookmarks and output search.
Konsole adds profiles, bookmarks, output search and activity monitoring, is designed around KDE Plasma, and has builds for macOS and Windows as well as Linux.
Terminator
A Linux terminal emulator that arranges several GNOME terminals in grids of split panes within one window.
Terminator arranges several terminals in grids of split panes within one window, is scriptable through remotinator, and fits GTK desktops best.
Tilix
A tiling terminal emulator for Linux using GTK 3, with split panes and saved sessions.
Tilix is a GTK 3 tiling terminal with split panes and saved session layouts that fits GNOME, though the project is looking for new maintainers.
foot
A fast, lightweight and minimalistic terminal emulator built for Wayland on Linux and FreeBSD.
foot is a fast, lightweight terminal for Wayland only, with no X11 support and no tabs, and frequent releases.
xterm
The long-running terminal emulator for the X Window System, with DEC VT and Tektronix compatibility.
xterm is the long-running X11 terminal with thorough DEC VT and Tektronix emulation, configured through X resources, with no tabs or drop-down mode.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Xfce Terminal as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
GNOME Console
A simple, user-friendly terminal emulator that is the default terminal on newer GNOME desktops.
Xfce Terminal is a lightweight terminal with tabs, a built-in drop-down window mode and a shortcut editor, and it fits best on an Xfce desktop.
Guake
A Python-based drop-down terminal for GNOME, modelled on the console in Quake.
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.
st
The suckless simple terminal, a minimal X terminal emulator configured by editing its source code.
Xfce Terminal is a lightweight Linux terminal with tabs, unlimited scrollback and a preferences shortcut editor, so no source patching is needed for common features.
Tilda
A GTK drop-down terminal for Linux that slides in from the screen edge on a hotkey.
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.
Yakuake
A drop-down terminal emulator for KDE, based on Konsole, that rolls down from the top of the screen.
Xfce Terminal includes a built-in drop-down window mode alongside tabs and unlimited scrollback, and fits best on an Xfce desktop rather than Plasma.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
