Use the command line interface

by KDE

Flathub (Flatpak): ★ 4.5 (77)Updated 10 days agoActively maintained
Flatpak (recommended) Snap AppImage Arch Linux Debian Ubuntu Fedora openSUSE Alpine Linux Void Linux Slackware Solus NixpkgsStandard: Stable Other builds: 32bit

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About

Konsole is a terminal to run a command shell. It provides a command line interface for directly controlling your computer. Features: - Tabs - Multiple profiles - Silence and Activity monitoring - Bookmark support - Searching - Saving output

Additional information

Project

Developer
KDE
License
GPL-2.0+ (free software)What this license lets you do
Latest release
October 8, 2026 (10 days ago)Actively maintained · 4+ releases in the last year
Release history
Last 4 releases
  • 26.04.3July 2, 2026
  • 26.04.2June 4, 2026
  • 26.04.1May 7, 2026
  • 26.04.0April 16, 2026
Languages
58 languages

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Flatpak · Snap (3) · AppImage · Arch Linux (3) · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux (2) · Slackware · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
All 19 packagings

Flathub (Flatpak), Snap Store, Snap Store (Candidate build), Snap Store (Nightly build), AppImage, AUR (Git build), AUR (Git · Tmux build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Void Linux (32bit build), Slackware, Solus, Gentoo (Candidate build)

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Sources
23 independent sources agree
Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (19)
SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
Flathub (Flatpak)Konsole26.04.3—GPL-2.0+Use the command line interface
Snap StoreKonsole24.08.2—unsetUse the command line interface
Snap Store (Candidate build)Konsole23.08.5—unsetUse the command line interface
Snap Store (Nightly build)Konsole24.08.2—unsetUse the command line interface
AppImageKonsolev26.08.0—GPL-2.0+<p>Konsole is a terminal to run a command shell. It provides a command line interface for directly controlling your computer.</p> <p>Features:</p> <ul> <li>Tabs</li> <li>Multiple profiles</li> <li>Silence and Activity monitoring</li> <li>Bookmark support</li> <li>Searching</li> <li>Saving output</li> </ul>
AUR (Git build)konsole-git24.08.0.r28.gd416723-1—GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-laterKDE terminal emulator
AUR (Git · Tmux build)konsole-tmux-git25.12.2.r69.g5865591-1Community build, patchedGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-laterKDE terminal emulator with tmux integration (like iTerm2)
Debiankonsole4:25.04.2-1Distribution build—X terminal emulator
Ubuntukonsole4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1Distribution build—X terminal emulator
Fedorakonsole26.08.1Distribution buildCC0-1.0 AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only AND LGPL-3.0-only AND (GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only) AND (LGPL-2.1-only OR LGPL-3.0-only)KDE Terminal emulator
Arch Linuxkonsole26.08.2-1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-laterKDE terminal emulator
Nixpkgskonsole26.08.2Distribution buildCC0-1.0 AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND MITTerminal emulator by KDE
openSUSEkonsole26.08.2Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterKDE Terminal
Alpine Linuxkonsole26.04.2-r0Distribution buildGPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND Unicode-DFS-2016KDE's terminal emulator
Void Linuxkonsole26.08.1_1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND GFDL-1.2-or-laterKDE's Terminal Emulator
Void Linux (32bit build)konsole-32bit26.08.1_1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND GFDL-1.2-or-laterKDE's Terminal Emulator (32bit)
Slackwarekonsole26.08.2-1Distribution build—konsole (KDE's terminal emulator)
Soluskonsole25.08.2Distribution buildGFDL-1.2-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-laterKDE's terminal emulator
Gentoo (Candidate build)konsole26.08.2Distribution buildGPL-2.0-onlyKDE's terminal emulator

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