Terminator
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Terminator, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Terminator's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Terminator | Free | GNU GPL v2 licensed terminal emulator |
The facts
Each one read from Terminator's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- The project suggests Terminator for command-line users and people logged into multiple remote machines at once.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Users can configure profiles, layouts, keyboard shortcuts, and dynamic terminal layouts.checked 8 Oct 2026
- History plugin
- The listed History Commands Plugin provides a searchable command-history sidebar for browsing and re-executing commands.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Input groups
- Terminator supports simultaneous typing to arbitrary groups of terminals.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The project says Terminator is available from package repositories for most Linux distributions and is also available on FreeBSD.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Layouts
- Users can arrange terminals in a grid, split terminal space, use tabs, and save multiple layouts.checked 8 Oct 2026
- License
- The application is distributed under GNU GPL v2 only.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Maintainers
- The repository says Stephen Boddy maintained Terminator from 2014 to 2020 and Matt Rose currently maintains it.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Origins
- The project repository says Terminator began in 2007 and identifies Chris Jones as its original developer.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- Terminator can be extended with plugins that add features at runtime.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Terminator is a terminal emulator that combines multiple terminals in one window.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Remote plugin
- The listed remote plugin can detect child remote sessions and offer to clone a session or change profiles based on remote type or host.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Scripting API
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Split panes
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- SSH support
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Support and contribution
- The project directs users to GitHub issues for bugs or enhancements and its Gitter chat room for general questions.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Third-party plugin risk
- The documentation says third-party plugins have not been tested or checked by the project and users are responsible for evaluating their security and bugs.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2007checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Linuxchecked 20 Sep 2026
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