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Extraterm vs Tabby

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Extraterm

8.0
Developer Tools

Swiss army chainsaw of terminal emulators

Tabby

8.0
Developer Tools

Terminal emulator, SSH and serial client

Metric Extraterm Tabby
Category Developer Tools Developer Tools
AI Score 8.0 8.0
30-day Installs 8 1.1K
90-day Installs 21 3.3K
365-day Installs 114 11.5K
Version 0.81.4 1.0.234
Auto-updates No No
Deprecated Yes No
GitHub Stars 2.8K 69.4K
GitHub Forks 130 3.9K
Open Issues 121 2.6K
License MIT MIT
Language TypeScript TypeScript
Last GitHub Commit 3mo ago 4mo ago
First Seen Apr 13, 2018 Jul 4, 2021

Reviews

Extraterm

Extraterm is a powerful terminal emulator designed for developers and power users. It offers advanced features like text editing, splits, and customization, making it a versatile tool for command-line work. Users who need more than a basic terminal will benefit from its extensive capabilities.

Extraterm is a feature-rich terminal emulator that allows users to edit command output and work with multiple splits, providing a highly customizable environment.

Pros

  • + Advanced features and customization options
  • + Powerful text editing capabilities
  • + Support for multiple splits and tabs
  • + Dark mode support

Cons

  • - No automatic updates via Homebrew
  • - Some stability issues reported on Linux

Tabby

Tabby is a modern terminal emulator with built-in AI integration, offering features like GitHub Copilot and customizability. It's ideal for developers and power users needing a versatile terminal experience.

Tabby provides a terminal emulator with SSH and serial client capabilities, enhanced by AI-powered features.

Pros

  • + Modern and customizable UI
  • + AI-powered coding assistant integration
  • + Cross-platform support
  • + Active development and community engagement

Cons

  • - Persistent bugs, especially on Linux
  • - Transparency issues in some environments