what is the best linux terminal? I have been using alacritty for years and have been doing well. But I don’t think kitty and st. I was wondering if any new projects have come out in recent years.
I consider st a great choice when using i3 or dwm. Customizing it takes time, but RAM usage is what I usually check and in case of st it is comically small.
Konsole is awesome and has great integration with Plasma ofc. I’m surprised to see it barely mentioned.
Surprised nobody mentioned Yakuake. Just discovered it’s just for kde. Been using it for years. It hides at the top of my screen and slides down when the cursor hits the top. Full desktop when not used and can access it no matter which app I’m using.
foot for me
Alacritty is fine. If you’re not combining it with tmux and zsh/fish, id pluck those fruits first.
Not a new project, but I feel is often overlooked: Sakura. I’ve fallen back to it repeatedly over the years. It is lightweight, opinionated but sane. Not as brutalist as st. I combo it with Tmux using powerline with little tweaking.
It uses standard libraries and stays out of the way.
People keep recommending terminal emulators, but I think they’re missing your point.
I’m not aware of anyone making new terminals these days. In my opinion DIGITAL is still king. They are getting a bit hard to come by. VT220 used to be the gold standard, but a VT420 or VT520 is still worth it if you can find one.
Looks like there are a few VT420s on eBay going for up to $200. Prices aren’t what they used to be.
It’s between konsole and kitty for me. Both are great.
Terminator for me. It has tiles and tabs and does everything I need.
I don’t know if it’s the best, but kitty + zsh has been my daily driver for many years.
Alacrity or foot (foot has less features but it’s faster)
st on Xorg and foot on Wayland
https://gitlab.gnome.org/chergert/ptyxis
Ptyxis is my current go-to. It can detect available pods or toolboxes (maybe docker too haven’t tested it) and you can open terminals directly into them. It also highlights ssh terms and root shells differently.
There are a huge number of built-in color schemes as well and I’ve had no trouble finding any configuration option I’ve found myself wanting to look for.
It’s also available on flathub so it’s easily installed in most distros.
ghostty looks promising, but it’s in “closed beta” for now. When it’s released, it will be public and open source. :)
