WezTerm
A GPU-accelerated terminal that is also a multiplexer, configured in Lua and the same on every platform.
These buttons open the developer's own site, repository or store listing in a new tab. wares.gg does not host downloads.
6 more ways to get WezTerm
Other download sites
Run by third parties, not by Wez Furlong. Prefer the official page above when it works.
Package managers
- winget
winget install wez.wezterm - Chocolatey
choco install wezterm - Scoop
scoop bucket add extras; scoop install wezterm - Homebrew
brew install --cask wezterm - Flathub
flatpak install flathub org.wezfurlong.wezterm
About WezTerm
WezTerm is a terminal emulator written in Rust that runs on Linux, macOS, Windows 10, FreeBSD and NetBSD. Beyond drawing text it multiplexes panes, tabs and windows on local and remote hosts, with native mouse support and scrollback, so it replaces both your terminal and a separate tmux session.
It handles ligatures, colour emoji and font fallback, true colour and dynamically switchable colour schemes, and clickable hyperlinks. Configuration is a Lua file, which means the same config file works across every machine you use.
Strengths
- Built-in multiplexing of panes, tabs and windows, including to remote hosts over SSH
- Lua configuration, so one file follows you across Linux, macOS and Windows
- Ligatures, colour emoji, font fallback, true colour and dynamic colour schemes
- Clickable hyperlinks and an image protocol through the wezterm imgcat command
Limitations
- A spare-time project maintained largely by one person
- Lua config is powerful but a steeper start than a settings dialog
- Stable releases are infrequent, so many people run nightly builds
Details
- Pricing
- Free · Free and open source, funded by sponsorship.
- License
- MIT
- Developer
- Wez Furlong
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- One terminal configuration you carry across every machine you work on
- Categories
- Terminals and SSH clients
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus downloads catalog (SSH / Terminal); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 5 sources on file.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Alacritty
A deliberately minimal OpenGL terminal that leaves multiplexing and tabs to other programs and just draws text fast.
Windows Terminal
Microsoft’s tabbed terminal for Windows, hosting Command Prompt, PowerShell and WSL in one GPU-rendered window.
PuTTY
The small, stubbornly reliable SSH and Telnet client that has been on every Windows admin’s desktop for twenty-five years.
