Private and open-source alternatives to Warp
8 terminals rated against the same public privacy criteria as Warp, with our picks first.
Why look for an alternative?
- Open source: no. Closed source.
- No trackers or telemetry: no. The website loads Google Tag Manager, Meta and HubSpot scripts, and the app sends analytics through RudderStack by default, which can be turned off in settings.
- No ads or data sales: partial. Funded by paid plans, with no ads in the app. The privacy policy allows sharing personal information with advertising partners to market Warp.
- Independent audit: partial. Has a SOC 2 Type 2 attestation, but the report is only available on request.
The alternatives
Alacritty Grade B
Cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator configured through a TOML file, with a vi mode, regex search and hints for opening URLs.
Alacritty scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the terminals criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales.
foot Grade B
Lightweight terminal emulator for Wayland with a server mode, Sixel image support and low resource use.
foot scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the terminals criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales.
Ghostty Grade B
GPU-accelerated terminal emulator written in Zig, using native UI toolkits on each platform.
Ghostty scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the terminals criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales.
iTerm2 Grade B
Terminal emulator for macOS with split panes, search, autocomplete, tmux integration and a Python scripting API.
iTerm2 scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the terminals criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales.
Konsole Grade B
Terminal emulator from KDE with tabs, split views, profiles, bookmarks and search.
Based in Germany (Fourteen Eyes). Konsole scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the terminals criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales.
WezTerm Grade B
GPU-accelerated terminal emulator and multiplexer written in Rust, configured in Lua, with tabs, panes and SSH and serial connections.
WezTerm scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the terminals criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales.
Windows Terminal Grade C
Microsoft's terminal application for Windows, with tabs, panes, profiles for PowerShell, Command Prompt and WSL, and GPU-accelerated text rendering.
Based in the United States (Five Eyes). Windows Terminal scores 65 out of 100 (grade C) on the terminals criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales.
kitty Grade D
GPU-accelerated terminal emulator with tabs, split layouts, a graphics protocol for images in the terminal and extensions called kittens.
kitty scores 50 out of 100 (grade D) on the terminals criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales.