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Konsole vs Yakuake: catalog facts
Konsole	Yakuake
Free Free to download and use as part of KDE's applications.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Tabs and multiple profiles Monitoring for silence or activity in a session	Terminal appears and hides with a single hotkey Tabs and Konsole-based terminal features
Designed around the KDE Plasma desktop Builds for macOS and Windows are less common than the Linux version	Linux only Fits best on a KDE Plasma desktop
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0-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 September 23, 2026

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