Rio alternatives for Mac
Rio — Hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator — is installed 188 times a month through Homebrew. These are hand-picked alternatives that occupy the same slot, ordered by how comparable their user base is.
Run
brew install --cask rio to install Rio itself.- kitty21.2× the installs
- WezTerm11.6× the installs
- Ghostty155.8× the installs
- iTerm298.6× the installs
- Tabby5.1× the installs
- Warp30.5× the installs
- Hyper144 installs/mo
Full comparison
| Rio | kitty | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GUI app | GUI app |
| Category | Terminal & Shell | Terminal & Shell |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Licence | Not declared | Not declared |
| Apple silicon | Universal | Universal |
| Latest version | 0.5.28 | 0.49.2 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 |
| Installs (30 days) | 188 | 3,984 |
| Install command | brew install --cask rio | brew install --cask kitty |
How we picked these
The list comes from a hand-maintained set of same-purpose apps, not from keyword matching. Alternatives are removed automatically when Homebrew no longer carries them. Ordering reflects 30-day install volume, not paid placement. Data updated 2026-10-26.