Extraterm
An open-source terminal emulator that frames command output and adds tools for working with it.
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- Chocolatey
choco install extraterm - Homebrew
brew install --cask extraterm
About Extraterm
Extraterm is a terminal emulator with a toolbox for command-line work. With shell integration for bash, zsh and fish it can isolate and frame the output of each command, reuse previous output as input for new commands, and handle uploads and downloads.
It also includes a built-in SSH client, images in the terminal, a mini-map, 24-bit color, font ligatures, a command palette, tiling and multiple windows, and support for iTerm2 themes. It runs on Linux and macOS, and on Windows with WSL, CMD and PowerShell.
Strengths
- Frames each command's output with shell integration
- Built-in SSH client and images in the terminal
- Command palette, tiling and configurable key bindings
- Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux
Limitations
- Output framing needs shell integration for bash, zsh or fish
- Still at a pre-1.0 version
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the MIT license.
- License
- MIT
- Developer
- Simon Edwards
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Command-line users who want to work with command output as distinct blocks
- Categories
- Terminals
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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