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Desktop App

Tabby

A customisable terminal with SSH and serial support.

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  • Rating

    4.6 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    macOS, Windows, Linux

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What is Tabby?

Tabby is a highly configurable terminal emulator and SSH and serial client for Windows, macOS and Linux. It has tabs and split panes it remembers between sessions, a connection manager, themes, configurable shortcuts and a plugin system, and can also run as a web app for SSH, SFTP and Telnet.

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Pros: what Tabby does well

  • Saved SSH connections in one place
  • Tabs and splits come back after a restart
  • Themes and plugins to customise

Cons: where it falls short

  • Heavier than a basic terminal
  • Aimed at people who use the command line

Who Tabby is for

Developers and admins who juggle many terminals and remote servers.

Who can skip it

Anyone who never opens a terminal.

Tabby alternatives

Not sold on Tabby? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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Atuin

Focus: shell history and sync. Shares terminal and command line with Tabby. Rated 4.7 (Tabby: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
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btop

Focus: system monitor and processes. Shares terminal and open source with Tabby. Adds Offline. Rated 4.7 (Tabby: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
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bottom

Focus: system monitor, processes and performance. Shares terminal and open source with Tabby. Rated 4.5 (Tabby: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit

Glances

Focus: system monitor, dashboard and performance. Shares command line and open source with Tabby. Rated 4.5 (Tabby: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
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Free alternatives to Tabby

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

tmux

Focus: sessions and multiplexer. Shares terminal and ssh with Tabby. Rated 4.7 (Tabby: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

zoxide

Focus: navigation and shell. Shares terminal and command line with Tabby. Rated 4.7 (Tabby: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

micro

Focus: text editor and nano alternative. Shares terminal and ssh with Tabby. Same 4.6 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit

Broot

Focus: file manager and navigation. Shares terminal and command line with Tabby. Rated 4.5 (Tabby: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
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