# Alternatives to Warp AI-native terminal with blocks. Warp ranks #6 of 9 in Terminal emulators, with an Alt Score of 82. It is licensed under AGPL-3.0, freemium from $20/month and available on macOS, Linux and Windows. 9 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source. Source: https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/warp/ Category: Terminal emulators ## Overview - **Who it's for**: Developers who live in the terminal and want AI agent assistance built into it, from individuals writing code to teams needing shared workflows and governance at scale. - **What you get**: A Rust-based, GPU-accelerated terminal with IDE-like text editing, autocomplete, and command blocks that group input/output for easier scanning and reuse. Built-in AI agents can write and run code, debug errors, and execute multi-step tasks directly in the terminal, with support for multiple model providers. Warp also offers Oz, a cloud platform for launching and orchestrating agents at team scale with permissioning and usage controls. - **How it works**: You run commands and prompts in the same input line; Warp organizes each command and its output into a block, and you can invoke an AI agent inline to generate commands, edit files, or carry out a task. Agents can be run locally in the terminal or dispatched to Warp's cloud (Oz) for larger or team-wide jobs. ## Profile - **License**: AGPL-3.0 (verified 2026-07-11) - **Pricing model**: Freemium (verified 2026-07-11) - **Starts at**: $20/month (verified 2026-07-11) - **Platforms**: macOS, Linux, Windows - **Status**: active (verified 2026-07-11) ## Ranked alternatives | # | App | Alt Score | Licence | Platforms | |---|-----|-----------|---------|-----------| | 1 | [WezTerm](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/wezterm.md) | 96 | MIT | Windows, macOS, Linux | | 2 | [kitty](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/kitty.md) | 91 | GPL-3.0 | macOS, Linux | | 3 | [Tabby](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/tabby.md) | 91 | MIT | Windows, macOS, Linux | | 4 | [iTerm2](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/iterm2.md) | 82 | GPL-2.0 | macOS | | 5 | [Windows Terminal](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/windows-terminal.md) | 82 | MIT | Windows | | 6 | [Ghostty](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/ghostty.md) | 73 | MIT | macOS, Linux | | 7 | [Alacritty](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/alacritty.md) | 64 | Apache-2.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux | | 8 | [Hyper](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/hyper.md) | 28 | MIT | Windows, macOS, Linux | Alt Score = Verified coverage (90%) + Visibility (10%). See https://altcatalog.com/how-alt-score-works/ ## Feature comparison Legend: Yes / No / Partial / ? (not verified). | Terminal emulators checklist | Warp | WezTerm | kitty | Tabby | iTerm2 | Windows Terminal | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Pricing model | Freemium | Free | Free | Free | ? | Free | | Starts at | $20/month | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT | GPL-3.0 | MIT | GPL-2.0 | MIT | | Platforms | macOS, Linux, Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux | macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux | macOS | Windows | | GPU acceleration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | | Tabs & splits | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Ligatures support | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Configuration format | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | | Session restore | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | | Search in scrollback | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Themes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Multiplexer built in | ? | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | | Cross-platform | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | No | | Open source | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ## Sources Sources for Warp. Each alternative is sourced on its own page. - **Starts at**: $20/month — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “Pay as you go, starting at: $20/month” - **License**: AGPL-3.0 — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “Warp's source code is now available at github.com/warpdotdev/warp with an AGPL license.” - **Pricing model**: Freemium — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “For developers who want a modern terminal with support for agentic coding” - **Platforms**: macOS, Linux, Windows — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “Cross-platform Rust core — Warp ships on macOS, Linux, and Windows from a single Rust + GPU-rendered codebase.” - **Status**: active — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “Updates ship weekly, typically on Thursdays.” - **GPU acceleration**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “Rendering on the GPU has been fruitful thus far: even with many UI elements and a lot of terminal output we are still able to render > 144 FPS.” - **Tabs & splits**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “The split panes feature allows you to divide a tab into multiple rectangular panes, each of which is a unique terminal session.” - **Ligatures support**: Partial — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “Whether to render font ligatures in the terminal.” - **Configuration format**: Partial — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “YAML format and image conventions for themes” - **Session restore**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “Restore your windows, tabs, panes, and recent Blocks automatically when you relaunch Warp.” - **Search in scrollback**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “Find searches for matches in all your Blocks from the bottom up and can even be isolated to a specific Block.” - **Themes**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “Warp includes several themes (out-of-box) and also supports setting custom themes.” - **Cross-platform**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “Cross-platform Rust core — Warp ships on macOS, Linux, and Windows from a single Rust + GPU-rendered codebase.” - **Open source**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-11) - Quote: “Warp's source code is now available at github.com/warpdotdev/warp with an AGPL license.” --- Ranked by verified data, never by who paid. https://altcatalog.com/trust/