Terminal emulators for Mac
The terminal you use is a long-term relationship. These are the options that are actively maintained and installable with one command.
GhosttyTerminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU accelerationiTerm2Terminal emulator as alternative to Apple's Terminal appWarpRust-based terminalkittyGPU-based terminal emulatorWezTermGPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexerTabbyTerminal emulator, SSH and serial clientRioHardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulatorHyperTerminal built on web technologies
Install the whole list
One command per app. Paste them as a block to set up a new Mac:
How this list was chosen
Each collection is curated by hand, then filtered against the live Homebrew catalogue so removed or deprecated apps drop out automatically. Ordering follows 30-day install counts, not paid placement. Data updated 2026-10-26.