Konsole
KDE's terminal emulator for running a command shell, with tabs, profiles, bookmarks and output search.
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Package managers
- Flathub
flatpak install flathub org.kde.konsole
About Konsole
Konsole is the terminal application of the KDE desktop. It opens a command shell in a window and supports several tabs, multiple profiles for different setups, bookmarks, searching the scrollback and saving terminal output to a file. It can also watch a session for silence or new activity and notify you.
KDE publishes it for Linux through distribution package managers and Flathub, with builds for macOS and Windows also listed. New versions follow the regular KDE release schedule, with monthly updates.
Strengths
- Tabs and multiple profiles
- Monitoring for silence or activity in a session
- Search and save terminal output
- Regular monthly releases
Limitations
- Designed around the KDE Plasma desktop
- Builds for macOS and Windows are less common than the Linux version
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download and use as part of KDE's applications.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- KDE
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- KDE Plasma users who want a full-featured terminal
- Categories
- Terminals
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Konsole
Compare allSoftware that can replace Konsole for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
GNOME Terminal
The long-standing VTE-based terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop on Linux.
GNOME Terminal is the VTE-based terminal integrated with the GNOME desktop, Linux only, with a more conservative feature set than Konsole.
kitty
GPU-accelerated terminal with tabs, splits, graphics and a kitten scripting system.
kitty is a GPU-accelerated terminal with tabs, splits and inline images for macOS and Linux, configured through a text file without graphical settings.
WezTerm
A GPU-accelerated terminal that is also a multiplexer, configured in Lua and the same on every platform.
WezTerm is a GPU-accelerated terminal with built-in multiplexing and Lua configuration that behaves the same on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Alacritty
A deliberately minimal OpenGL terminal that leaves multiplexing and tabs to other programs and just draws text fast.
Alacritty is a minimal OpenGL terminal with no tabs or profiles, relying on tmux or the window manager for multiplexing.
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, fitting GNOME, and its project is looking for new maintainers.
Xfce Terminal
The lightweight terminal emulator of the Xfce desktop, with tabs and a drop-down window mode.
Xfce Terminal is lighter on resources, has tabs and a built-in drop-down mode, and fits best on Xfce rather than KDE Plasma.
QTerminal
A lightweight Qt terminal emulator maintained by the LXQt desktop project.
QTerminal is a lightweight Qt terminal from LXQt with tabs, split panes and a drop-down mode, but fewer features than Konsole.
Terminator
A Linux terminal emulator that arranges several GNOME terminals in grids of split panes within one window.
Terminator arranges GNOME terminals in grids of split panes within one window and fits GTK desktops best, Linux only.
Konsole as an alternative
Listings that name Konsole as an alternative.
cool-retro-term
A terminal emulator that imitates the look of old cathode-ray tube screens.
Konsole gives up the retro look for tabs, profiles and output search, and also has Windows and macOS builds.
COSMIC Terminal
The terminal emulator for the COSMIC desktop, with GPU rendering, ligatures and bidirectional text.
Konsole is KDE's full-featured terminal with tabs, profiles and output search, designed around KDE Plasma rather than the COSMIC desktop.
Deepin Terminal
A Qt terminal emulator from the Deepin desktop with workspaces, remote server management and quake mode.
Konsole brings tabs, profiles, bookmarks and output search from KDE, with builds for Windows and macOS as well as Linux.
GNOME Console
A simple, user-friendly terminal emulator that is the default terminal on newer GNOME desktops.
Konsole brings tabs, profiles, bookmarks, activity monitoring and output search, and has Windows and macOS builds, though it is designed around the KDE Plasma desktop.
LXTerminal
A lightweight VTE-based terminal emulator from the LXDE project with tab support.
Konsole adds profiles, activity monitoring and output search with monthly releases, but is designed around KDE Plasma and uses more resources.
Ptyxis
A GNOME terminal designed for container-oriented desktops with Podman, Toolbox and Distrobox support.
Konsole is KDE's terminal with tabs, profiles, activity monitoring and output search, designed around Plasma rather than GNOME, and it also has Windows and macOS builds.
Terminology
A terminal emulator for Linux and BSD built on the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries, with inline media previews.
Konsole is KDE's terminal with tabs, profiles, bookmarks and output search, built for Plasma rather than EFL, and without Terminology's inline media previews.
xterm
The long-running terminal emulator for the X Window System, with DEC VT and Tektronix compatibility.
Konsole adds tabs, profiles, bookmarks and output search, is designed around KDE Plasma, and has builds beyond Linux for macOS and Windows.
Yakuake
A drop-down terminal emulator for KDE, based on Konsole, that rolls down from the top of the screen.
Konsole is the KDE terminal Yakuake builds on, offering the same tabs and profiles in a regular window rather than a drop-down.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
tmux
Keeps terminal sessions alive on a server after you disconnect, and splits one window into many.
Zellij
A terminal multiplexer that tells you its own shortcuts on screen, so you can use it on day one.
Starship
A shell prompt that shows the git branch, language version and other context, configured once and working in every shell.
Gogh
A collection of hundreds of terminal color schemes, installed into your terminal with a single command.
Nerd Fonts
A collection of programming fonts patched with thousands of icons, plus a patcher for adding them to other fonts.
