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Install terminator with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Multiple GNOME terminals in one window. Version 2.1.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install terminator.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install terminator

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install terminator

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/terminator/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add terminator

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · terminator · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install terminator

Debian stable package indexes · terminator · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install terminator

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · terminator · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#terminator

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/te/terminator/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S terminator

Arch Linux sync databases · terminator · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install terminator

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · terminator · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Multiple GNOME terminals in one window

Commands and aliases

  • remotinator
  • terminator

history

Project history and usage

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.

Project history

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.

Adoption history

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.

How it is used

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.

Why package nerds care

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.

Timeline

  • 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.

Sources

  • 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

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.config/terminator/config$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/terminator/config

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
remotinatorexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
terminatorexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version2.1.5
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:terminator
Version2.1.5
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://gnome-terminator.org
Repositoryhttps://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

terminator 2.1.4-4

multiple GNOME terminals in one window

https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator

sudo apt install terminator
  • Section: misc
  • Architecture: all
  • 12 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 5 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Terminator
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: terminator from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

terminator

nix profile install nixpkgs#terminator
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Terminator
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/terminator/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

terminator 2.1.3-1

multiple GNOME terminals in one window

https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator

sudo apt install terminator
  • Section: universe/misc
  • Architecture: all
  • 12 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 5 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Terminator
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: terminator from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

terminator 2.1.5-r2

Terminal emulator that supports tabs and grids

https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator

sudo apk add terminator
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: terminator
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Terminator
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: terminator from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

terminator-doc 2.1.5-r2

Terminal emulator that supports tabs and grids (documentation)

https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator

sudo apk add terminator-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: terminator
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Terminator
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: terminator-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

terminator-lang 2.1.5-r2

Languages for package terminator

https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator

sudo apk add terminator-lang
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: terminator
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Terminator
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: terminator-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

terminator-pyc 2.1.5-r2

Precompiled Python bytecode for terminator

https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator

sudo apk add terminator-pyc
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: terminator
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Terminator
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: terminator-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

terminator 2.1.5-6.fc45

Store and run multiple GNOME terminals in one window

https://github.com/gnome-terminator

sudo dnf install terminator
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: terminator
  • 8 dependencies
  • 5 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Terminator
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: terminator from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

terminator 2.1.5-2

Terminal emulator that supports tabs and grids

https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator

sudo pacman -S terminator
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: any
  • 11 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Terminator
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: terminator from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

terminator 2.1.5-2.4

Store and run multiple GNOME terminals in one window

https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator

sudo zypper install terminator
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: System/X11/Terminals
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: terminator
  • 11 dependencies
  • 5 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Terminator
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: terminator from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

terminator-lang 2.1.5-2.4

Translations for package terminator

https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator

sudo zypper install terminator-lang
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: System/Localization
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: terminator
  • 1 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Terminator
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: terminator-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

terminator

sudo port install terminator
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Terminator
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/terminator/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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