LXTerminal
The facts below are what the maker publishes about LXTerminal, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From LXTerminal's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| LXTerminal | Free | VTE-based terminal emulator · GPL-2.0 |
The facts
Each one read from LXTerminal's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Build dependencies
- The README lists libglib2.0-dev, libgtk2.0-dev, libvte-dev, autotools-dev, and intltool as basic build requirements.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Build guidance
- The README provides source build instructions for Debian, Ubuntu, and their derivatives.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Command execution
- Its command-line options can run a specified program and its arguments inside the terminal.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Configuration location
- The manual lists the configuration file under ~/.config/lxterminal/.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Desktop independence
- The project describes LXTerminal as completely desktop-independent and says it has no unnecessary dependencies.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Latest listed tag
- The repository tags page lists version 0.4.1 with a release date of March 31, 2025.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository lists the project under the GPL-2.0 license.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Login shell
- The loginshell option executes a login shell.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Memory and performance
- All terminal instances share a single process to reduce memory usage and increase performance.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Profiles
- Instances invoked with the same profile name share a configuration file named lxterminal-NAME.conf.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- LXTerminal is a VTE-based terminal emulator with support for multiple tabs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Scripting API
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Separate process option
- The no-remote option starts a window in a process separate from other LXTerminal windows so it inherits environment variables from the launching process.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Split panes
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
- Terminal sizing
- The geometry option sets the terminal size in characters and lines.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Titles and tabs
- The title option sets the terminal title, and comma-separated names can be used for multiple tabs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Working directory
- A command-line option sets the terminal's working directory.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- linuxchecked 20 Sep 2026
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