Tilix

Jul 20, 2023

Tiling terminal emulator using GTK+ 3

Tilix is a tiling terminal emulator which uses the VTE GTK+ 3 widget with the following features

  • Layout terminals in any fashion by splitting them horizontally or vertically
  • Terminals can be re-arranged using drag and drop both within and between windows
  • Terminals can be detached into a new window via drag and drop
  • Tabs or sidebar list current sessions
  • Input can be synchronized between terminals so commands typed in one terminal are replicated to the others
  • The grouping of terminals can be saved and loaded from disk
  • Terminals support custom titles
  • Color schemes are stored in files and custom color schemes can be created by simply creating a new file
  • Transparent background
  • Background images
  • Quake mode support i.e. drop-down terminal
  • Custom hyperlinks
  • Automatic triggered profile switches based on hostname and directory


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