Buy once instead of Paid terminal
- Ways out
- 2apps that do the same jobs
- Cost nothing
- 2freeware or open source
Read the catch on each before you switch. A one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.
 GhosttyMIT-licensed terminal with a real SwiftUI Mac app behind it | FreeOpen source | Support is GitHub issues, and some niche iTerm2 features are still missing |
 iTerm2The terminal most Mac developers install first, free since 2010 | FreeOpen source | One maintainer sets the pace, and very high-volume output feels slower than GPU terminals |