One terminal, every OS
The same drop-down terminal on Linux, macOS, and Windows — one config and one muscle memory across all of them. Most drop-down terminals only run on one.
v0.5.1 — fullscreen on every desktop + cross-platform polish
One drop-down terminal for Linux (Wayland), macOS, and Windows, with verified drop-down + global-hotkey support on KDE Plasma, GNOME, Cinnamon, COSMIC, Hyprland, and sway.
Release Notes
Why TildaZ
Fast access, native feel, no compromise — on every OS.
Every major desktop
A real drop-down and global hotkey on KDE Plasma, GNOME, Cinnamon, COSMIC, Hyprland, and sway — not just one desktop, all of them.
Drop down from anywhere
One global hotkey shows or hides the terminal. It docks to the screen under your cursor and supports top, bottom, left, and right layouts.
Quick and lightweight
No Electron, no toolkit bloat. A direct Wayland client on Linux, GPU rendering on macOS and Windows, and the fast libghostty-vt core.
Hangul, CJK, emoji, ligatures
True color, font ligatures, color emoji, and full inline IME for Korean, Japanese, and Chinese — including Hanja / kanji candidate replacement.
Tabs, themes, and privacy
Independent tabs with drag reorder and rename, JSON themes and config, and zero telemetry — only local config and log files.
Linux
Every Wayland desktop
A direct Wayland client — no GTK or Qt dependency. Real drop-down placement and a global hotkey across the major desktops, with packages for every distro.
- KDE Plasma, GNOME, Cinnamon, COSMIC, Hyprland, sway
- Fractional / HiDPI scaling, fcitx5 / IME support
- tar.gz · deb · rpm · AppImage · Arch pkg (x86_64 / aarch64)
macOS
Retina-sharp
Built on AppKit and Metal with full IME composition, candidate anchoring, and Hanja / kanji reconversion. Universal Apple Silicon + Intel.
- Retina glyph rendering
- Universal app bundle
- Cursor-following drop-down on any display
Windows
Fast and native
GPU-accelerated rendering with a bundled Microsoft OpenConsole runtime for a consistent, modern terminal — x64 and ARM64.
- Crisp ClearType glyph rendering
- Bundled ConPTY for reliable shells
- Win32 global hotkey and native window behavior
Get Started
Download, install, press F1.
Download
Grab the latest GitHub Release for your OS: a Linux package (deb / rpm / AppImage / Arch / tar.gz), macOS DMG, or Windows zip.
Install
Linux: install the package or run ./install.sh from the tarball. macOS: drag the app into Applications. Windows: unzip and run.
Press F1
Drop the terminal down with the hotkey. Tweak config.json for shell, theme, font, hotkey, opacity, and geometry.
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