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GNOME Terminal

GNOME Terminal is a terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment written by Havoc Pennington and others. Terminal emulators allow users to access a UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical desktop.

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Developer
The GNOME Project
License
GPL-3.0-or-later
Operating system
Linux and Unix-like
Repository
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-terminal.git
Stable release
3.58.1 / 3 January 2026
Type
Terminal Emulator

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Development

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GNOME Terminal

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples64
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
Components1

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GNOME Terminal

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related to Development · 7
GNOME Terminal → GObject, GTK, ROXTerm, Several, Virtual TErminal, VTE, Xfce Terminal
related to Profiles · 7
GNOME Terminal → For, GNU Screen, SSH, The, These, Users, When GNOME Terminal
related to background · 6
GNOME Terminal → Although, Available, Fedora, Linux, Older, Ubuntu
related to Colored text · 5
GNOME Terminal → As, Colored, Furthermore, RGB, Some
related to Compatibility · 4
GNOME Terminal → ASCII, In, Users, When
related to External links · 4
GNOME Terminal → Free Software FoundationGit Repository, GNOME TerminalGit Repository, Page, VTE Widgetwiki
related to Safe quit · 4
GNOME Terminal → Although, If, In, This
related to Text rewrapping on resizing · 4
GNOME Terminal → GNU Screen, Since, This, VTE
related to URL detection · 4
GNOME Terminal → Upon, URL, URLs, When
related to Mouse events · 3
GNOME Terminal → Although GNOME Terminal, At, Presently

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GNOME TerminalDeveloperThe GNOME Project1.00infobox
GNOME TerminalLicenseGPL-3.0-or-later1.00infobox
GNOME TerminalOperating systemLinux and Unix-like1.00infobox
GNOME TerminalRepositorygitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-terminal.git1.00infobox
GNOME TerminalStable release3.58.1 / 3 January 20261.00infobox
GNOME TerminalTypeTerminal Emulator1.00infobox
GNOME TerminalWebsitewiki.gnome.org/Apps/Terminal1.00infobox
GNOME TerminalWritten inC1.00infobox
GNOME Terminalis aterminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment written by Havoc Pennington and others0.90text
less.URL detectionGNOME Terminal parses the outputinstance ofThis behaviour is similar to that of GNU Screen and other curses-based applications0.80text
automatically detects snippets of text that appear to be URLs or email addressesinstance ofThis behaviour is similar to that of GNU Screen and other curses-based applications0.80text
lessinstance ofThis behaviour is similar to that of GNU Screen and other curses-based applications0.80text

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