# terminator mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für terminator in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:terminator
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install terminator
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install terminator
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/terminator/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add terminator
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: terminator from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install terminator
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: terminator from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install terminator
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: terminator from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#terminator
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/terminator/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S terminator
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: terminator from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install terminator
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: terminator from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:terminator
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.1.5
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Multiple GNOME terminals in one window
- **Homepage:** <https://gnome-terminator.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- remotinator (Alias)
- terminator (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.1.5
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Terminator is a long-running GNOME/VTE terminal emulator focused on splitting, grouping, and recombining many terminal sessions in one window. Its own README traces the project to Chris Jones in 2007 and describes it as a tool for people who live at the command line or are logged into many machines at once.

### Projektgeschichte

The project began in 2007 as a roughly 300-line Python script. The README says it borrowed ideas and code from VTE examples and the gedit terminal plugin, and was inspired by earlier multi-terminal projects such as quadkonsole and gnome-multi-term.

Terminator's original 0.1 release was announced on July 28, 2007. The README records a maintainer handoff pattern typical of older desktop utilities: started by Chris Jones, maintained from 2014 to 2020 by Stephen Boddy, and later maintained by Matt Rose with many contributors.

In April 2020 the project began moving to GitHub under the gnome-terminator organization. The v1.92 release notes describe it as the first release since 2017, with a new team, Python 3 support, and fixes for current GTK and VTE. The v2.0 release later in 2020 marked completion of the GTK 3 and Python 3 migration.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Terminator has broad distribution packaging. The README says it is available for most Linux distributions from their binary repositories and also on FreeBSD; this batch input lists apk, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora/dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, Ubuntu, and zypper.

That adoption reflects its niche: Terminator is not just a terminal emulator but a workflow tool for administrators, developers, and support engineers who want tiled terminals, saved layouts, synchronized input groups, and quick keyboard-driven pane management.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The README's quick start centers on splitting panes horizontally and vertically, moving focus between terminals, opening tabs and windows, closing panes, resetting zoom, and changing preferences. The grouping menu lets users send input to multiple terminals at once.

Terminator also exposes `remotinator` and man pages for both the application and its config file. Its package-manager use is therefore both interactive and script-adjacent: users install it as a desktop terminal, but power users often care about config paths, layouts, keybindings, plugins, and distro integration.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Terminator is significant because it turned multi-pane terminal workflows into a packaged desktop utility before multiplexers and terminal emulators converged on similar ideas. For many Linux users it was the installable answer to managing many local shells or SSH sessions without learning a terminal multiplexer.

The 2020 migration mattered to package maintainers because Python 2 and GTK 2 retirement threatened old desktop packages. The GitHub move, Python 3 support, and GTK 3 release line kept Terminator viable in modern distro repositories.

### Zeitleiste

- 2007: Project started by Chris Jones.
- 2007: Version 0.1 released on July 28.
- 2014: Stephen Boddy began the maintainer period recorded in the README.
- 2020: Project began moving to GitHub in April.
- 2020: v1.92 became the first GitHub release and first release since 2017.
- 2020: v2.0 completed migration to GTK 3 and Python 3.
- 2021: v2.1.0 included package-maintainer notes about tarball contents and XDG_CONFIG_DIRS.

### Related projects

- The README names quadkonsole, gnome-multi-term, iTerm2, and Tilix as inspirations or related projects. It also depends historically on GNOME's VTE widget ecosystem and gedit terminal-plugin examples.

### Quellen

- GitHub README: https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator#readme
- GitHub releases: https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/releases
- GitHub repository metadata: https://api.github.com/repos/gnome-terminator/terminator
- Input source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/terminator/config, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/terminator/config
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - terminator - 2.1.4-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: terminator from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | multiple GNOME terminals in one window | https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator
- Nix - terminator: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/terminator/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - terminator - 2.1.3-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: terminator from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | multiple GNOME terminals in one window | https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator
- apk - terminator - 2.1.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: terminator from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Terminal emulator that supports tabs and grids | https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator
- apk - terminator-doc - 2.1.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: terminator-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Terminal emulator that supports tabs and grids (documentation) | https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator
- apk - terminator-lang - 2.1.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: terminator-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package terminator | https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator
- apk - terminator-pyc - 2.1.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: terminator-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for terminator | https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator
- dnf - terminator - 2.1.5-6.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: terminator from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Store and run multiple GNOME terminals in one window | https://github.com/gnome-terminator
- pacman - terminator - 2.1.5-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: terminator from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Terminal emulator that supports tabs and grids | https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator
- zypper - terminator - 2.1.5-2.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: terminator from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Store and run multiple GNOME terminals in one window | https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator
- zypper - terminator-lang - 2.1.5-2.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: terminator-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package terminator | https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator
- MacPorts - terminator: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/terminator/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/terminator.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/terminator.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
