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COSMIC Terminal vs GNOME Terminal: catalog facts
COSMIC Terminal	GNOME Terminal
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the GPLv3.
Linux	Linux
GPU rendering with wgpu, plus a fallback renderer Font ligatures and bidirectional text	Integrated with the GNOME desktop Built on the widely used VTE terminal library
Designed for the COSMIC desktop on Linux Younger than long-established Linux terminals	Linux only Conservative feature set compared with newer terminals
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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