Guake

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Freedom report

One barScore 5.2

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedThinly documented

Guake is ranked #29 of 40 in terminal emulators on Freedom251, made by Guake. It runs on Linux. There is a free plan.

Guake plans and pricing

All plans

Guake Free No paid plans stated guake.github.io · 9 Oct 2026

Compared on terminal emulators

Free plan: Yes
Supported platforms: Linux
Split panes: Yes
Scripting API: Yes

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The record

Product: Guake is a multilingual, top-down terminal for GNOME, inspired by the terminal used in Quake.
Quick access: A predefined hotkey shows or hides the terminal so users can run commands and return to their previous task.
Multi-monitor: Guake can open on the monitor under the mouse or on a dedicated screen.
Tabs: It supports multiple named tabs, with names set automatically from the running command or customized by the user.
Quick Open: Clicking a file name in terminal output can open it in a text editor, including at a specific line and column when the editor supports it.
Startup configuration: Guake can start automatically at login and run a script on launch to configure tabs.
Color palettes: The homepage says Guake includes more than 130 predefined color palettes.
Integrations: Guake can open detected file names in editors such as Visual Studio Code, Atom, or Sublime Text, including parsing compiler and test output to locate a line.
Links and search: Guake can detect URLs in terminal output for Ctrl-click opening and offers context-menu actions to open links or search selected text on the web.
Automation: The documentation says Guake makes its major features available over D-Bus and supports command-line control.
Platforms: The project describes Guake as made for the GNOME desktop environment and lists installation instructions for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, and Manjaro.
Notable limitation: On Wayland, the documentation says the hotkey may need to be configured in the window manager’s global settings.
Support: The homepage directs users to the GitHub Issues page to report bugs and welcomes code and translation contributions.
Project history: The homepage says Guake was originally written by Gabriel Falcão in 2007 and has since become an open source project with many contributors.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Terminal Emulators in 2026#29 of 40

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Sources

guake.github.io· checked 9 Oct 2026
guake.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/features.html· checked 9 Oct 2026
guake.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/installing.html· checked 9 Oct 2026