GNOME Terminal vs. Alacritty
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | GNOME Terminal | Alacritty |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Review count | 14 | 12 |
| Ease of use | 9.3 | 9.0 |
| Ease of setup | 9.0 | 9.3 |
| Quality of support | 9.6 | 8.4 |
| Meets requirements | 9.8 | 8.9 |
| NPS | 66.666667 | 50 |
| Small Business | 64.3% | 50.0% |
| Mid-Market | 21.4% | 33.3% |
| Enterprise | 14.3% | 16.7% |
| Total page views | 72 | 130 |
| Total LLM citations | 145 | 239 |
GNOME Terminal
Terminal is a terminal emulator application for accessing a UNIX shell environment which can be used to run programs available on your system.
Alacritty
Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible defaults, but allows for extensive configuration. By integrating with other applications, rather than reimplementing their functionality, it manages to provide a flexible set of features with high performance. The supported platforms currently consist of BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows.