21 Best Linux command line terminal tools __linux

This article describes the 14 best Linux command-line terminal tools that can be used to replace the Linux native terminals of the Debian system. If you spend a lot of time using the Linux command line every day and you're looking for some old, boring terminal software that replaces your system, look at this article and maybe help.

If you're like me, spending a lot of time using the Linux command line all day, and looking for some old, boring terminal software that replaces the system, you're looking for the right article. I've collected some very interesting terminal software that can be used to replace the Linux native terminals of the Debian system.

Terminal	Description
Tilda	F1 Sword A key to exhale the terminal
Yakuake	Alternative versions of Tilda in KDE
Guake	It's also a one-button exhaled terminal.
Stjerm	It's very lightweight, has a tab, you can switch Full-screen
Terminator	A powerful and incomparable split-screen terminal
Roxterm	Oxterm's original design goal was lightweight, replacing the clunky gnome terminal
Eterm	Eterm is probably one of the most lightweight of these terminal tools. It has a color terminal output, which is designed to replace xterm
Rxvt	RXVT is also an attempt to replace the xterm status of Linux terminal software. RXVT consumption of system resources is very small
Aterm	A RXVT based terminal tool, which provides a very beautiful visual effect, all the basic functions of the terminal it is provided. It also provides the effect of imitation transparency and fade out when the focus is lost
Wterm	Wterm is another lightweight command line terminal based on RXVT. Its features include the ability to set background images, transparent effects, reverse transparency, and so on. A large number of settings to make it a highly customizable terminal tool.
Termkit	does not serve as a terminal tool for everyday use. It has a very beautiful graphical operation interface. It is based on the WebKit developed by the command line system
Terminology	This is not a simple terminal tool, it can do anything. With terminology, you can preview pictures, play video, and do not need to open other file management tools. It is omnipotent.
Xterm/uxterm	Xterm is a terminal emulator on the X Window system that provides multiple independent shell input and output. Virtual Terminal xterm is a virtual terminal specified by X11 standard
Lxterminal	Chinese support is very good, and support copy and paste, recommended that everyone use, really good. It also supports the ability to open a new "tag" like a browser. It's probably a lot easier for people who use it.
Finalterm	An Open-source fashion terminal simulator that has a beautiful interface. It is still evolving, but provides significant features such as semantic text menus, intelligent command completion, GUI terminal control, universal key binding, support for more colors
Konsole	The default terminal of the KDE speaking surface
Xfce4 Terminal	Default terminal for Xfce
St	is a simple implementation of the Terminal X window
Gnome-terminal	GNOME's default terminal
Lilyterm	Lilyterm is another less-known Open-source terminal simulator based on LIBVTE desires that are fast and light. Lilyterm also includes some key features
Go Terminal	A new era of the terminal, but now still in beta phase, it feels cool to use, waiting for its development

Also recommend a tool Tmux, Tmux is actually not a terminal, but a split-screen tool, through a terminal login to the remote host and run, in which can open a number of console terminal Reuse Software | 1 Tilda

This is a configurable Thor-style terminal tool, that is, when a user taps a configured hotkey (the default is F1), the terminal slides out from the top of the screen, as it does in the Thor hammer game.

Tilda can be used for GNOME, XFCE desktop

How it is installed:

Apt-get Install Tilda

Tilda has richer customization options than other Drop-down-style terminals. Including:
* Highly Customizable interface

Sets the transparency of the Tilda main window.

A unique built-in color scheme.

The user can degenerate the command line window into a minimalist state.

2 Yakuake

Yakuake's original design was inspired by the end effect of Thor's hammer . It is essentially a pull-down-style terminal based on KDE konsole technology. Because it is a KDE application, if you want to install it on the GNOME desktop, you will encounter a lot of KDE System package dependencies. But if you are a KDE user, Yakuake will make you quite satisfied. Its installation method is

Apt-get Install Yakuake

3 Guake

This is a drop-down terminal tool on a GNOME platform. The goal of this terminal is to provide a fast terminal access mode, you need to press a shortcut key, you can make it from the desktop to appear/disappear. This pull-down style of terminal is very easy to use. Install, open, and set it to boot. It can be minimized to the system bar, using F12 to directly call it out.
How it is installed:

Apt-get Install Guake

Run it from the Applications>accessories>guake. Then right click on its system bar icon and click ' Preferences ' to set your preferences. You can use the "man Guake" activity for detailed help information.

I am using this terminal, handsome without leaving traces

4 Stjerm

This is a can and Guake, Tilda comparable to the terminal software. And it is very lightweight, there is a tab page, you can switch full screen. It is installed in the following ways:

Apt-get Install Sjterm

5 Terminator

Terminator is a cross-platform terminal tool that uses a GPL license and offers a number of advanced features. It's not as glamorous as Guake and Yakuake, but it's definitely a heavy weapon. It provides features such as interface chunking, setting itself as the GNOME desktop default terminal. Like Guake, Terminator can be installed in most of the various Linux versions. You can divide its main window into any number of small pieces. It is installed in the following ways:
Apt-get Install Terminator
Its characteristics can be summed up as:
* Split the interface into a grid-like

tab page

Drag and drop sorting each terminal

Large number of shortcut keys

Adjust the interface layout and configuration preferences by visualizing the Setup tool.

Each window can be used in parallel

6 Roxterm

Roxterm's original design goal was lightweight, replacing the clunky gnome terminal. But then, as time moved on, its goals changed, becoming a powerful heavyweight terminal tool. It integrates very well with the GNOME desktop environment. Supported features include dragging files to the terminal. It is installed in the following ways:

Apt-get Install Roxterm

7 Eterm

Eterm is probably one of the most lightweight of these terminal tools. It has a color terminal output, which is designed to replace Xterm. Eterm theme Colors can be configured to run very fast. To start eterm, you need to type ' eterm ' (note that the ' E ' is uppercase). Don't write ' eterm '. If you have no experience, you may try many times before you understand what the problem is. It is installed in the following ways:

Apt-get Install Eterm

8 RXVT

RXVT is also an attempt to replace the xterm status of Linux terminal software. RXVT consumes very little of the system resources. It is installed in the following ways:

Apt-get Install RXVT

Powerful terminal, it takes up less resources, faster startup, and many people like to use it. So I'm here to introduce the installation of the RXVT Chinese terminal in the Debian system.

There are many RXVT packages in Debian that can be queried with the Apt-cache Search RXVT command. There are three main categories, one is called RXVT, does not support Chinese display; one is called RXVT-ML, supports GB and BIG5 Chinese encoding; there is also a rxvt-unicode that supports Unicode encoding. The first type does not support Chinese and is not discussed here. The installation of the RXVT-ML and Rxvt-unicode two RXVT terminals is discussed below.

Before using the RXVT Chinese terminal, you need to configure the Chinese environment for the GNOME or KDE desktop first. In order to display Chinese in RXVT and use Chinese Input method (I use FCITX).

9 Aterm

http://www.afterstep.org/aterm.php

Aterm is a RXVT-based terminal tool that provides a very beautiful visual effect, and all of the terminal's basic functionality is provided. It also provides the effect of imitation transparency and fade out when the focus is lost. It is installed in the following ways:

Apt-get Install Aterm

Ten Wterm

Wterm is another lightweight command line terminal based on RXVT. Its features include the ability to set background images, transparent effects, reverse transparency, and so on. A large number of settings to make it a highly customizable terminal tool. It is installed in the following ways:

Apt-get Install Wterm

Its disadvantage is that it looks as if it is no longer being maintained.

One Termkit

Termkit does not serve as a terminal tool for everyday use. It has a very beautiful graphical operation interface. It is a command line system developed based on WebKit. It is installed in the following ways:

Apt-get Install Termkit

Terminology

This is not a simple terminal tool, it can do anything. With terminology, you can preview pictures, play video, and do not need to open other file management tools. It is omnipotent. It is installed in the following ways:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:enlightenment-git/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install terminology

Or
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:niko2040/e19
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install Enlightenment
sudo apt-get Install terminology

So you can use it. I'm sure you'll be amazed at what it can do.

Xterm/uxterm

Xterm is a terminal emulator on the X Window system that provides multiple independent shell input and output.

Virtual Terminal xterm is a virtual terminal named X11 Standard, which has a long history.

Xterm first was Jim Gettys's student Mark Vandevoorde's independent virtual terminal written for VS100 in the summer of 1984, when X's development was just beginning. It was soon discovered that it was more useful as a part of x than as a stand-alone program, so it started developing for X.
Gettys has told the story, "part of the reason xterm is so scary is that it was originally planned to be a separate process that could drive multiple VS100 displays." "(" Part of why Xterm ' s internals are-so horrifying-is-it was-originally-that-a single process being intended to DRI ve multiple VS100 displays. " ）
After years as a part of the X reference implementation, 1996 years or so, the backbone of the development was transferred to XFREE86 (derived from the x11r6.3 version) and temporarily maintained by Thomas E. Dickey. There are many xterm variants available. Most of the X virtual terminals are started from the Xterm variant.

Xterm's disadvantage: Xterm does not support Chinese. But we can use Xterm variant uxterm tmux .

Tmux is not really a terminal, but a split-screen tool, through a terminal login to the remote host and run, in which can open a number of console terminal reuse software.

Tmux ("Terminal multiplexer") allows us to make a lot of terminals out of the flexible layout of a single screen, and we can use them in a collaborative way. For example, in a panel, we use VIM to modify some configuration files, in another panel, we use Irssi chat, while in the rest of the panel, you can track some logs. Then, we can also open a new window to upgrade the system, and then open a new window for the server SSH connection. Navigating between these window panels is as easy as creating them. It's highly configurable and customizable, making it an extension of your mind

Refer to the terminal weapon under Linux--tmux go Terminal

A new era of the terminal, but now still in beta phase, it feels cool to use, waiting for its development
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