Terminus

Current version: 3.9.0

Terminus is a terminal program for XWindows. Its main advantage is that it combines in a single program the hability to split a terminal window in several tiled terminals (like the well-known Terminator), and also offer a terminal in a drop-down window just by pressing a key (like the famous Guake). It is also written in Vala and uses Gtk3, which allows to take advantage of the new systems, but using less resources.

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History of versions

• version 3.9.0 (2026/06/24)
• Clear GLib source on terminal close
• version 3.8.0 (2026/06/22)
• Fix DnD
• version 3.7.1 (2026/05/16)
• Add support for Gnome 50
• Add license to RPM file
• New .spec file for RPM (thanks to Mellado)
• Generates a symlink for xdg-terminals
• Updated meson files
• Allows to be set as the default terminal
• version 3.7.0 (2026/02/21)
• Add support for Gnome 49
• Select text in search field when switching to it
• version 3.6.0 (2025/05/25)
• Fix crashes after closing/moving terminals
• version 3.5.0 (2025/05/19)
• Add support for Gnome 48
• version 3.4.0 (2025/05/06)
• Fix crash
• Fix tab title quick changes
• version 3.3.0 (2025/04/21)
• Show command name in top bar
• version 3.2.0 (2025/02/28)
• Fix paste
• Fix not being able to move windows
• Add a check when pasting a "sudo" command
• version 3.1.0 (2025/02/28)
• Fix ulimit value problems
• Set a maximum size for Guake window
• version 3.0.0 (2025/02/17)
• Migration to Gtk4
• Added search function
• Added visual bell notification
• Added URL detection in the buffer
• Show in the top bar if the terminal has a root/sudo process
• version 2.6.0 (2025/01/19)
• Fixed reload when killen in guake mode
• version 2.5.1 (2025/01/16)
• Added support for Gnome Shell 47
• version 2.5.0 (2025/01/04)
• Open new subterminals in the same path than the current one
• version 2.4.2 (2024/08/22)
• Fix build
• version 2.4.1 (2024/05/10)
• Set Gnome Shell 45 as default
• version 2.4.0 (2024/05/10)
• Added Gnome Shell 45 and 46 support
• version 2.3.1 (2023/04/17)
• Added support for gnome shell 44
• version 2.3.0 (2023/04/09)
• Allow to reorder tabs
• Added support for links
• version 2.2.1 (2023/03/01)
• Removed debug prints
• version 2.2.0 (2023/02/12)
• Added macros support
• Show 30 characters in tabs
• Fixed several leaks
• version 2.1.0 (2023/01/28)
• Ensure that the Guake window is always inside the screen
• version 2.0.1 (2022/12/11)
• Fixed "new tab" operation after DnD into a new window
• version 2.0.0 (2022/12/04)
• Added Drag'n'Drop support to move tiles between windows and tabs, or into a new window
• Added "Select all" option
• Added pointer autohide option
• Added reset and clear options
• version 1.20.0 (2022/11/20)
• Fixed Guake window zero height on first run
• Fixed Guake keybinding failing until re-set
• Added hotkeys to close a tile and a tab
• Now asks for confirmation when trying to close a terminal with a running program
• Fixed color scheme selection
• Allows to change the top bar colors
• Cleaned the color management code
• version 1.19.1 (2022/10/13)
• Added support for Gnome Shell 43
• version 1.19.0 (2022/09/28)
• Added shortcuts for horizontal and vertical split
• version 1.18.0 (2022/07/02)
• Now the window doesn't get stuck in maximized mode when resized too much
• Close the tabs with the central button
• If there are too much tabs, show scroll buttons
• version 1.17.0 (2022/06/05)
• Now the extension doesn't loose the connection with Terminus when the computer locks
• version 1.16.0 (2022/05/12)
• Set a right value for the TERM environment variable
• Use the user-defined terminal instead of /bin/bash by default
• version 1.15.1 (2022/04/29)
• Add unofficial support for 1.14.1 parameters
• version 1.15.0 (2022/04/28)
• Migrated to GtkApplication
• Don't relaunch terminus if the extension is disabled
• Added zoom capabilities
• Added key for showing the menu
• version 1.14.1 (2022/03/29)
• Support for Gnome Shell 42
• version 1.14.0 (2021/09/12)
• Support for Gnome Shell 40
• Now it uses again a true menu for right-click
• Removed "bold" property (is deprecated)
• version 1.13.0 (2020/11/23)
• Now the guake mode REALLY gets the focus under X11 in gnome shell
• If there is already a terminus instance when the extension is launched, it only shows the notification once
• Fixed several warnings
• version 1.12.0 (2020/04/24)
• Fix popup menu translations
• version 1.11.0 (2020/04/16)
• Fix resize and freeze under Wayland
• version 1.10.0 (2020/04/15)
• Now it receives the focus under X11
• version 1.9.0 (2020/04/09)
• Now guarantees under Wayland that occupies the whole width
• Added --version parameter
• Changed license to GPLv3 only
• Fixed Debian files
• version 1.8.0 (2019/12/26)
• Now, under wayland, opens guake window in the mouse monitor
• Fixed red color spilling outside the window
• version 1.7.0 (2019/10/11)
• Fixed the right-click menu under Wayland
• Fixed several compiling warnings
• Removed deprecated calls
• version 1.6.0 (2019/09/23)
• Now the Wayland version (under gnome shell) works like the X11 one (is shown over all windows, and in all workspaces)
• Now the "guake" terminal is show always in the primary monitor
• version 1.5.0 (2019/05/06)
• Now PASTE works with clipboard managers
• version 1.4.1 (2019/03/26)
• Fixed COPY keybinding
• version 1.4.0 (2019/02/28)
• Added keybindings for COPY and PASTE
• Added keybindings to move focus between terminals in the same tab
• version 1.3.0 (2019/02/06)
• Added the -e and -x parameters to create a new window an launch a command inside
• Added the --working-directory parameter
• Fixed the .desktop file to fully follow the standard
• Added an screenshot in the README.md file
• version 1.2.0 (2018/10/19)
• Fixes Guake hotkey don't working on X11 with another terminus open
• Added missing parameter in the help
• version 1.1.0 (2018/09/13)
• Fixes empty title bar
• Updated spanish translation
• version 1.0.0 (2018/06/12)
• Now includes a close button in each terminal
• version 0.11.0 (2018/03/25)
• Now the CAPS LOCK state doesn't interfere with the hot keys
• Several fixes to the Debian packaging files (thanks to Barak)
• version 0.10.0 (2017/12/03)
• Now guake mode works better under Wayland
• version 0.9.1 (2017/10/13)
• Now doesn't lock gnome shell under wayland for 20 seconds when there are no instances of terminus running and the user presses the key to show the guake terminal
• version 0.9.0 (2017/10/12)
• Now the guake-style window won't get stuck in maximized mode when resized too big
• Now the guake mode works fine if all terminus sessions are killed and is relaunched via D-Bus
• Now, when closing the terminal in an split window, the other terminal will receive the focus
• version 0.8.1 (2017/09/18)
• Fixed the install path when creating packages
• Fixed the gnome shell extension, now it works on gnome shell 3.24 and 3.26
• Forced GTK version to 3, to avoid compiling with GTK 4
• version 0.8.0 (2017/08/01)
• Fixed some startup bugs
• version 0.7.0 (2016/12/24)
• Added full palette support
• Added all palette styles from gnome-terminal
• Added Solarized palette
• Allows to set the preferred shell
• Allows to configure more details (cursor shape, using bolds, rewrap on resize, and terminal bell)
• version 0.6.0 (2016/12/17)
• Added a Gnome Shell extension, to allow to use the quake-terminal mode under Wayland with Gnome Shell
• Fixed the top bar (sometimes it didn't show the focus)
• Removed several deprecated functions
• version 0.5.0 (2016/12/12)
• Added Wayland support
• Added DBus remote control
• version 0.4.0 (2016/09/17)
• Fixed the window size during startup
• Fixed resize bug when moving the mouse too fast
• Fixed the "Copy" function. Now it copies the text to the clipboard
• version 0.3.0 (2016/08/24)
• Fixed compilation paths
• Now can be compiled with valac-0.30
• Added package files
• version 0.2.0 (2016/08/24)
• Fixed resizing
• Cyclic jump from tab to tab using Page Down and Page Up
• Added note in the README to fix the focus problem in Gnome Shell
• version 0.1.0 (2016/08/23)
• First public version