# 使用 Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper 安装 terminator

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## 安装

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

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install terminator
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install terminator
```

  证据: 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
```

  证据: 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
```

  证据: 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
```

  证据: 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
```

  证据: 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
```

  证据: 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
```

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

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:terminator
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 2.1.5
- **来源摘要:** Multiple GNOME terminals in one window
- **主页:** <https://gnome-terminator.org>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- remotinator (别名)
- terminator (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 2.1.5
## 项目历史与用法

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.

### 项目历史

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.

### 采用历史

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.

### 使用方式

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.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

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.

### 时间线

- 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.

### 来源

- 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


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- 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
## 其他软件包管理器记录

- 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)


## 来源

- 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