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Contour Terminal vs Hyper: catalog facts
Contour Terminal	Hyper
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Supports font ligatures, Unicode and terminal tabs.	Themes are CSS and plugins are npm packages, so customisation is familiar territory The same appearance and configuration across Windows, macOS and Linux
Rendering requires a compatible graphics setup.	Electron, so startup time and memory use are well above a native terminal Rendering performance on heavy output is noticeably worse than native terminals
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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