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Konsole

Konsole is a terminal emulator, available on Windows and Linux: command-line use.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Konsole is a terminal emulator, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: command-line use.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Use the command line interface” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “A powerful and customizable terminal emulator.” — Winget, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Konsole is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Konsole is a terminal to run a command shell. It provides a command line interface for directly controlling your computer. Features: Tabs Multiple profiles Silence and Activity monitoring Bookmark support Searching Saving output

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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