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Yakuake

Yakuake is a terminal emulator, available on Linux: tabbed interface.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Yakuake is a terminal emulator, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: tabbed interface.

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
  • “Dropdown terminal emulator in KDE.” — Wikidata, 10 November 2026
  • “Tabbed interface” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Yakuake 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
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Yakuake is a drop-down terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology. Features: Smoothly rolls down from the top of your screen Tabbed interface Configurable dimensions and animation speed Skinnable Sophisticated D-Bus interface

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

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

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