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GNOME Terminal vs COSMIC Terminal: catalog facts
GNOME Terminal	COSMIC Terminal
Free Free and open source under the GPLv3.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	Linux
Integrated with the GNOME desktop Built on the widely used VTE terminal library	GPU rendering with wgpu, plus a fallback renderer Font ligatures and bidirectional text
Linux only Conservative feature set compared with newer terminals	Designed for the COSMIC desktop on Linux Younger than long-established Linux terminals
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
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 September 24, 2026

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