Short comparison of how btop renders in a few terminals.

For my config checkout https://github.com/arran4/dotfiles

Terms

xterm

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UXterm

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urxvt

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Putty term on Linux

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Kitty

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Alacritty

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GNOME Terminal

Screenshot_20250716_174007.png

xfce4-terminal

Screenshot_20250716_174151.png

WezTerm

Screenshot_20250716_175105.png

Konsole

Screenshot_20250716_144857.png

Qterminal

Screenshot_20250716_175342.png

LXTerminal

Screenshot_20250716_174404.png

Consible Term

Seems I’m missing a couple op code. I will find a reason to get around to this. (Could be I’m on the wrong branch)

mate-terminal

Screenshot_20250716_175444.png

Sakura

Screenshot_20250716_175918.png

st

Screenshot_20250716_180210.png

1erresc: unknown private set/reset mode 2026
2erresc: unknown private set/reset mode 2026
3erresc: unknown private set/reset mode 2026
4erresc: unknown private set/reset mode 2026
5erresc: unknown private set/reset mode 2026
6erresc: unknown private set/reset mode 2026
7erresc: unknown private set/reset mode 2026
8erresc: unknown private set/reset mode 2026
9erresc: unknown private set/reset mode 2026

terminator

Screenshot_20250716_180331.png

ptyxis

Screenshot_20250716_180508.png

mlterm

Screenshot_20250716_180601.png

kterm

Screenshot_20250716_180642.png

zutty

Screenshot_20250716_180759.png

 1W [vterm.icc:1473] (Unimplemented) set priv mode 2026
 2W [vterm.icc:1519] (Unimplemented) reset priv mode 2026
 3W [vterm.icc:1473] (Unimplemented) set priv mode 2026
 4W [vterm.icc:1519] (Unimplemented) reset priv mode 2026
 5W [vterm.icc:1473] (Unimplemented) set priv mode 2026
 6W [vterm.icc:1519] (Unimplemented) reset priv mode 2026
 7W [vterm.icc:1473] (Unimplemented) set priv mode 2026
 8W [vterm.icc:1519] (Unimplemented) reset priv mode 2026
 9W [vterm.icc:1473] (Unimplemented) set priv mode 2026
10W [vterm.icc:1519] (Unimplemented) reset priv mode 2026
11W [vterm.icc:1473] (Unimplemented) set priv mode 2026
12W [vterm.icc:1519] (Unimplemented) reset priv mode 2026
13W [vterm.icc:1473] (Unimplemented) set priv mode 2026
14W [vterm.icc:1519] (Unimplemented) reset priv mode 2026
15W [vterm.icc:1473] (Unimplemented) set priv mode 2026
16W [vterm.icc:1519] (Unimplemented) reset priv mode 2026
17W [vterm.icc:1473] (Unimplemented) set priv mode 2026
18W [vterm.icc:1519] (Unimplemented) reset priv mode 2026

cool-retro-term

Screenshot_20250716_180901.png

terminology

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Ghostty

Screenshot_20250716_182418.png

TODO

  • windows terminal
  • Terminal.app
  • iTerm2
  • roxterm
  • rxvt
  • Consible Term

Skipped

  • Yeahconsole

Contributions

Feel free to PR a self attributed screenshot of your preferred terminal.