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

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