Tabby
FreeA cross-platform terminal configured through a GUI, with built-in SSH and serial management
An MIT-licensed cross-platform terminal with 73,970 stars. Everything is configured in a GUI rather than a config file, and it bundles SSH connection management and serial tooling — handy if you constantly connect to servers or hardware. Electron-based, so heavier than native terminals.
Why we picked it
Tabby is the most beginner-friendly of this group. 73,970 stars, MIT, and every setting is a click in a GUI rather than a Lua or TOML file to learn.
It bundles SSH connection management and serial tooling, which saves real effort if you spend your day connecting to servers or debugging hardware — elsewhere that means extra configuration or a second app.
The cost is Electron: startup time and memory use are noticeably heavier than native terminals like Alacritty or Ghostty. If you want minimal and fast, look elsewhere.