Command-line tool

xterm

brew/xterm

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Terminal emulator for the X Window System

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install xterm

Linux

brew install xterm

Open the terminal with a title of `Example`

xterm -T Example

Open the terminal in fullscreen mode

xterm -fullscreen

Open the terminal with a dark blue background and yellow foreground (font color)

xterm -bg darkblue -fg yellow

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