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Terminals and SSH
3.5%of all Mac app installs in the last 30 days: 73,347 installs. Its share is down from 3.9% in the two months before.
Terminal emulators, SSH clients and shells.
Over time
Installs in this category at each recorded 30-day window.
Share of installs
Average share in each period.
- Oct 28 – Jul 295.0%
- Jul 30 – Sep 273.9%
- Sep 28 – Oct 28, 20263.5% −12%
All terminals and ssh
51 apps, ranked by installs in the last 30 days.
Terminals and SSH
| # | App | Installs, 30 days | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  GhosttyTerminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration | 29,820 | −10% |
| 2 |  iTerm2Terminal emulator as alternative to Apple's Terminal app | 18,867 | −14% |
| 3 |  WarpRust-based terminal | 5,863 | −26% |
| 4 | PowerShell (preview)Command-line shell and scripting language | 4,083 | +6% |
| 5 | kittyGPU-based terminal emulator | 4,058 | −9% |
| 6 |  WezTermGPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer | 2,169 | −34% |
| 7 |  terminal-browser CLITerminal-based web browser | 1,851 | +644% |
| 8 |  TermiusSSH client | 1,055 | −16% |
| 9 | TabbyTerminal emulator, SSH and serial client | 957 | −7% |
| 10 |  WezTerm (nightly)GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer | 561 | −7% |
| 11 |  Wave TerminalTerminal emulator | 531 | −13% |
| 12 |  Ghostty (tip)Terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration | 440 | +21% |
| 13 |  electermTerminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client | 433 | −3% |
| 14 | TermoraTerminal emulator and SSH client | 345 | −15% |
| 15 | OpenInTerminalFinder Toolbar app to open the current directory in Terminal or Editor | 308 | −18% |
| 16 |  Teleport TSHSSH server for teams managing distributed infrastructure | 283 | −32% |
| 17 | OpenInTerminal-LiteFinder Toolbar app to open the current directory in Terminal | 277 | +51% |
| 18 |  TeleportModern SSH server for teams managing distributed infrastructure | 212 | +36% |
| 19 | RioHardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator | 185 | −40% |
| 20 |  HyperTerminal built on web technologies | 150 | −2% |
| 21 |  KeroTerminal app optimised for agents | 136 | – |
| 22 |  SerialConnect to almost anything with a serial port | 115 | −13% |
| 23 |  ZenttyTerminal for agent-driven development | 103 | +532% |
| 24 |  GloomberbFinance terminal | 64 | +132% |
| 25 | kitty-nightlyGPU-based terminal emulator | 48 | +17% |
| 26 | TeraxTerminal-first AI-native developer workspace | 48 | −53% |
| 27 | CateInfinite zoomable canvas with editor, terminal, and browser panels | 36 | −15% |
| 28 | MacPilotGraphical user interface for the command terminal | 35 | −9% |
| 29 | ContourTerminal emulator | 33 | +14% |
| 30 | ServerBoxApp for monitoring server status with SSH terminal, SFTP, Container management | 31 | −17% |
| 31 | Warp PreviewRust-based terminal | 29 | +11% |
| 32 | iTerm2 (beta)Terminal emulator as alternative to Apple's Terminal app | 27 | −38% |
| 33 | SSH Config EditorTool for managing the OpenSSH ssh client configuration file | 25 | +68% |
| 34 | Atuin DesktopRunbook editor for terminal workflows | 20 | −39% |
| 35 | cd toFinder Toolbar app to open the current directory in the Terminal | 19 | −19% |
| 36 | iTerm2 (nightly)Terminal emulator as alternative to Apple's Terminal app | 18 | −37% |
| 37 | ZOCProfessional SSH client and terminal emulator | 18 | +6% |
| 38 | VibeTunnelTurn any browser into your terminal | 17 | −47% |
| 39 | Go2ShellOpens a terminal window to the current directory in Finder | 12 | −35% |
| 40 | FinderGoOpen terminal quickly from Finder | 11 | +72% |
| 41 | CanarioTerminal emulator | 10 | −92% |
| 42 | portxSSH Client | 9 | +154% |
| 43 | Hyper (canary)Terminal built on web technologies | 8 | +464% |
| 44 | KKTermLocal-first administration workspace for terminals, SSH, and SFTP | 6 | +21% |
| 45 | TrimmyPaste-once, run-once clipboard cleaner for terminal snippets | 6 | −47% |
| 46 | Termius BetaSSH client | 4 | −62% |
| 47 | coterm CLICLI tool by Datadog for terminal recording and approvals | 3 | +41% |
| 48 | MongrelDatabase workbench with terminals, containers, Kubernetes, and API client | 3 | −67% |
| 49 | ArchipelagoTerminal emulator built on web technology | 2 | −53% |
| 50 | Choice Financial TerminalFinancial information acquisition platform | 2 | +41% |
| 51 | AlacrittyGPU-accelerated terminal emulator | 1 | −100% |
Install counts come from Homebrew, a free tool many Mac users install apps with, so they describe those people, not every Mac owner. How we count