Guake

Drop-down terminal for GNOME inspired by Quake.

Platform:

linux

Language:

python

Source Code Availability:

Open Source (GPL-2)

Development State:

active

Guake is a drop-down terminal for GNOME that stays one hotkey away at the top of the desktop.

It is built for quick show and hide access, and the project highlights named tabs, multi-monitor support, Quick Open for paths, startup scripts, and a large set of color palettes.

It suits GNOME users who want a terminal ready without leaving the task in front of them.

Features

GPU Accelerated

No

Image Support

No

Sixel

No

Kitty Graphics

No

iTerm2 Images

No

True Color (24-bit)

Yes

Font Ligatures

No

Tabs

Yes

Split Panes

Yes

OSC 52 Clipboard

No

OSC 8 Hyperlinks

Yes

Unicode

Yes

Notifications

Yes

Kitty Keyboard

No

Synchronized Output

No

Styled Underlines

No

Shell Integration

No

Drop-down Mode

Yes

Built-in Multiplexer

No

Config Format

gui/gsettings/dconf

How to install Guake

You can install Guake from your Linux distribution repository.

Guake is packaged for Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu and Arch Linux. For source code and release details, use the GitHub repository or the project website.

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