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Konsole vs GNOME Terminal: catalog facts
Konsole	GNOME Terminal
Free Free to download and use as part of KDE's applications.	Free Free and open source under the GPLv3.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Tabs and multiple profiles Monitoring for silence or activity in a session	Integrated with the GNOME desktop Built on the widely used VTE terminal library
Designed around the KDE Plasma desktop Builds for macOS and Windows are less common than the Linux version	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 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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