Tilix
A tiling terminal emulator for Linux using GTK 3, with split panes and saved sessions.
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About Tilix
Tilix lets you split one terminal window into multiple panes horizontally and vertically, and group layouts into sessions that can be saved and restored. It uses GTK 3 and follows GNOME conventions.
The project currently displays a Maintainers Wanted notice on its repository, so future development depends on new volunteers. It remains widely packaged and suits Linux users who want tiling inside one window without learning a terminal multiplexer.
Strengths
- Horizontal and vertical split panes
- Saved and restorable session layouts
- GTK interface that fits GNOME
Limitations
- Project is looking for new maintainers
- Linux only
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- MPL-2.0
- Developer
- The Tilix contributors
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Linux users who want tiled terminals in one window
- Categories
- Terminals
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Tilix
Compare allSoftware that can replace Tilix for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Terminator
A Linux terminal emulator that arranges several GNOME terminals in grids of split panes within one window.
Terminator also splits one window into grids of terminal panes on Linux, is scriptable through remotinator, and is built around GNOME terminal technology.
Konsole
KDE's terminal emulator for running a command shell, with tabs, profiles, bookmarks and output search.
Konsole offers tabs, profiles, bookmarks and output search with activity monitoring, and is designed around KDE Plasma rather than GTK and GNOME.
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 with no graphical settings.
WezTerm
A GPU-accelerated terminal that is also a multiplexer, configured in Lua and the same on every platform.
WezTerm has built-in panes, tabs and remote multiplexing over SSH, is GPU-accelerated, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and uses Lua configuration.
Deepin Terminal
A Qt terminal emulator from the Deepin desktop with workspaces, remote server management and quake mode.
Deepin Terminal provides split-pane workspaces, saved remote servers and a quake mode, built on Qt 5 and designed around the Deepin desktop.
QTerminal
A lightweight Qt terminal emulator maintained by the LXQt desktop project.
QTerminal is a lighter Qt terminal from LXQt with tabs, split panes and a drop-down mode, but fewer features and no saved session layouts.
GNOME Terminal
The long-standing VTE-based terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop on Linux.
GNOME Terminal is the long-standing VTE-based GNOME default maintained by the GNOME project, with a more conservative feature set and no saved tiling layouts.
Ghostty
A GPU-accelerated terminal that uses the real native interface of the platform instead of drawing its own.
Ghostty is a GPU-accelerated MIT-licensed terminal with native interfaces on macOS and Linux, has no built-in multiplexer, and is configured with one text file.
Tilix as an alternative
Listings that name Tilix as an alternative.
GNOME Console
A simple, user-friendly terminal emulator that is the default terminal on newer GNOME desktops.
Tilix adds horizontal and vertical split panes and saved session layouts in a GTK interface that fits GNOME, though the project is looking for new maintainers.
Ptyxis
A GNOME terminal designed for container-oriented desktops with Podman, Toolbox and Distrobox support.
Tilix is an MPL-2.0 GTK 3 tiling terminal for Linux with split panes and saved session layouts, though the project is looking for new maintainers.
Xfce Terminal
The lightweight terminal emulator of the Xfce desktop, with tabs and a drop-down window mode.
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.
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tmux
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GNU Screen
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Byobu
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Tilda
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Guake
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