Terminal, SSH, and file manager in one open-source app
Contour
Modern terminal emulator with GPU rendering and profiles
About Contour
Contour is a free, open-source terminal emulator focused on performance and standards compliance. Key features include GPU-accelerated rendering, ligature and emoji support, profile management, and cross-platform builds. It is available free of charge from its official site, where the developers provide downloads, documentation, and updates for anyone who wants to install and use it.
Contour key facts
- Category: Developer Tools
- Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
- Focus areas: terminal, open source, gpu, emulator
- Official site: contour-terminal.org
About the Developer Tools category
Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 776 tools. Alongside Contour, it includes electerm, Mosh, Eternal Terminal, direnv.
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