10 alternatives to xterm.js
xtermjs/xterm.js — A terminal for the web (21,297 stars, MIT, cli, ui, dev-tools).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 204 licence-cleared components from xtermjs/xterm.js itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vercel/hyper | 6.8 | MIT | 44,752 |
| 2 | my-claude-utils/clsh | 7.5 | MIT | 527 |
| 3 | labring/ttyd | 3.6 | MIT | 0 |
| 4 | eugeny/tabby | 6.8 | MIT | 75,109 |
| 5 | jesseduffield/lazygit | 6.4 | MIT | 83,341 |
| 6 | wavetermdev/waveterm | 7.1 | Apache-2.0 | 22,591 |
| 7 | microsoft/terminal | 5.8 | MIT | 105,223 |
| 8 | alacritty/alacritty | 2.6 | Apache-2.0 | 66,015 |
| 9 | psmux/psmux | 5.6 | MIT | 3,717 |
| 10 | unjs/consola | 4.8 | MIT | 7,342 |
The alternatives in detail
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A terminal for a more modern age
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simple terminal UI for git commands
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An open-source, AI-integrated, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows
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The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!
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A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.
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Tmux on Windows Powershell - tmux for PowerShell, Windows Terminal, cmd.exe. Includes psmux, pmux, and tmux commands. This is native High-Performance Tmux designed for Windows in Rust 🦀score 5.6/10 · MIT permissive · 3,717 stars · 558 components · search them
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🐨 Elegant Console Logger for Node.js and Browserscore 4.8/10 · MIT permissive · 7,342 stars · 19 components · search them
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