Konsole

KDE's terminal emulator.

Konsole is the default terminal emulator on KDE Plasma and is embedded as a terminal component in many other KDE applications, including the Dolphin file manager (split-pane embedded terminal) and the Kate text editor. It supports tabs, split views, profiles with per-shell customisation, transparent backgrounds, and a comprehensive bookmark system for shells on remote machines.

The terminal-emulation core is shared with several other KDE applications via a library, which means Konsole's protocol handling and rendering improvements propagate across the wider KDE ecosystem. Recent releases have brought better integration with shell prompts (current-directory awareness for new tabs) and improved handling of true-colour escape sequences.

Konsole is part of KDE Frameworks and follows the standard KDE release cadence. It is GPL-2.0 licensed. For non-KDE desktops, Konsole is still installable as a standalone application — many users on GNOME or tiling WMs use it for its bookmark system and embedded SSH/FTP/sftp profiles.

Konsole screenshot — Screenshot: தகவலுழவன், GPL, via Wikimedia Commons.

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Category: Terminal

Website: https://apps.kde.org/konsole/

Install

Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install konsole
Fedora/RHEL:   sudo dnf install konsole
Arch:          sudo pacman -S konsole

Authors

KDE community

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