Terminal comparisons, done honestly

We make Terminal Candy — so these round-ups give every competitor a fair shake, with real pros and cons and our own limitations disclosed. Pick the comparison you came for.

Best Terminal for Claude Code (2026) Claude Code runs in any terminal — but the terminal you pick changes how it feels to work in it all day. Here are the ones worth running Claude Code in on a Mac, and who each is really for. Read the comparison →
Best Terminal for AI Coding Agents (2026) Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Aider, opencode — the agent lives in a terminal, and you stare at it for hours. Here are the best terminals to run AI coding agents in on a Mac. Read the comparison →
Best Skinnable & Customizable Mac Terminal (2026) Most "customizable" terminals mean colors and a font. If you want a terminal that can actually look like something — a CRT, a handheld, a character with a live shell behind its screen — the field is short. Read the comparison →