Open source alternatives to iTerm2
One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what iTerm2 does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What iTerm2 does
- Terminal emulator for Maccore
- Split panes and tabscore
- Search and scrollback
- Profiles and themes
- Hotkey window
- tmux integration
- Shell integration
- Triggers and automation
Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this
| Project | Covers | Stars | Commits, 12 weeks | Last release | Closed vs opened | Setup | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 warpRust terminal with built-in agentic coding features for macOS and Linux |
Same job, different way20% | 66k+90 | 5 months ago | 46% | Install like an app | AGPL-3.0 | |
Covers 1 of 2 core jobs. Not shown: Split panes and tabs; Search and scrollback; Profiles and themes; Hotkey window; tmux integration; Shell integration; Triggers and automation.See the evidence
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