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GNOME Terminal vs Black Box: catalog facts
GNOME Terminal	Black Box
Free Free and open source under the GPLv3.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Linux	Linux
Integrated with the GNOME desktop Built on the widely used VTE terminal library	Native GTK 4 and libadwaita interface Uses the established VTE terminal engine
Linux only Conservative feature set compared with newer terminals	Linux only Releases are infrequent
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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