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Contour vs xterm

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Contour

Contour is an open-source terminal emulator designed for modern terminals with support for Unicode, inline images, and sixel graphics. It provides a fast, feature-rich alternative to traditional terminal emulators.

TerminalsFreeOpen Source
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xterm

xterm Standard terminal emulator for the X Window System and the reference implementation for terminal escape sequences.

TerminalsFreeOpen Source

Quick Facts

Contour

Year Launched2020
Pricing ModelFree
Open SourceYes
CategoryTerminals
PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Linux
GitHub Stars2,893 ★

xterm

Year Launched1984
Pricing ModelFree
Open SourceYes
CategoryTerminals
PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web
GitHub Stars65 ★

Pricing

Contour

Free

Free: 0/one-time

xterm

Free

Free: $0/one-time

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