iConsole

It's a great terminal application for Mac OS X.

Features

Flexible Cocoa interface with tabs and horizontal and vertical split views
Keyboard shortcuts for jumping between tabs and views
Fullscreen support
Search functionality

iConsole PowerPC

Using a legacy Mac? iConsolePPC comes with almost the same feature set as the Intel version and is free! If you'd like us to continue supporting legacy Macs, consider donating. Do note that you're donating to the PowerPC iConsole development. To purchase the Intel Ionsole, please use the Mac App Store.

Changes

1.25 (21.12.2016):

A new sandbox-less build restores real native terminal functionality
SSH integration removed

1.18.3 (12.01.2013):

It is now possible to set iConsole as the default application to launch shell scripts, etc
Added a hotkey to simulate the Insert key missing on some keyboards
Fixed window position serialization
Shows terminal size when resizing again
Changed default TERM to xterm-color since many remote setups lack proper definitions for xterm-256color
Added an autoclose toggle to the New Command dialog

1.18.1 (01.09.2012):

Improved layout serialization
Fixed a race and a rare memleak when forcefully disposing a terminal

1.18 (22.06.2012):

Added a user configurable color profile

1.17 (25.05.2012):

Separated builds into an AppStore (rebranded as Ionsole) and free PowerPC version
Migrated from ATSUI to CoreText
The Intel build is now 32/64 bit
Uses Lion's full screen functionality

1.17b (26.01.2012):

Update check only done on demand
Compatibility fixes for Lion
Beta valid until July 2012

1.16b (29.09.2011):

UI cosmetics for Lion
Beta valid until early 2012

1.15b (3.06.2011):

v2 (7.06.2011): Tiger-compatible build available again
Fixed a minor New Command issue where several "fullscreen" applications like top wouldn't always cover the whole terminal area
Available as Universal binary again, requires 10.5 though
Updated the German translation

1.14b (30.05.2011):

Added a New Command window
Better clipboard paste support
Relaxed the URL scan algorithm a bit
Enabled local echo support
Beta release valid until early September 2011

1.13b (19.4.2011):

Reworked terminal contents buffering, saves up to 90% of the usual memory consumption
Faster resize routines
Supports 256 colors
Fixed terminal's sanity that sometimes went wrong on rare combinations of ssh, screen and irssi usage
Fixed keypad return key support

1.12b (22.2.2011):

Added a German translation
When activating iConsole's window, the clicked terminal gets activated
Supports dropping files above a terminal
Corrected application's behavior when clicking on the dock icon / activating the application
Fixed a rare refresh issue
Removed the smearing effect when resizing a window with multiple views
Tab labels show titles set from the terminal, just like the window titlebar
Beta release valid until early June 2011

1.11b (30.1.2011):

Further speed up text output, tweaked to avoid flicker when changing whole display area at once or resizing
Added Text Antialias switch to the menu
PgUp/PgDown keys scroll history when running a shell or send key input to the application running inside the shell (not supported in ssh)
Home/End keys move the cursor to beginning/end of a line now
Fixed a screen vs irssi scroll refresh issue
Left doubleclick marks a word while tripleclick marks whole line (in case applications handling mouse clicks like mc are running, hold down the command key while clicking)
Right mouse click above an url opens it
Eliminated a small delay between opening a new tab and the tab actually appearing on the screen
Adjusted color palette for better visibility of some colors
Adjusted next/previous tab/view hotkeys to match those in Terminal

1.10b (16.1.2011):

Output of huge amounts of text speed up by a factor of 25x
Displays current terminal size in window title when resizing the window
Skips to the bottom of the view on keyboard input
Enabled window title changes by an application running in the terminal
Added Finnish and Polish translations
Fixed possible slowness issues that happened under Tiger and Leopard
Fixed dead key input (sequences like alt+key & key or Japanese input)
Fixed cursor movements on wide character input (Japanese, etc)
Fixed visibility of text under cursor in Bright and Green profiles
Fixed Find functionality
Fixed a quirk in tab navigation
Fixed a quirk in update check that could display an update dialog twice
Fixed empty Application and View menus under Tiger
Fixed not to change the active terminal on a fullscreen switch
Fixed to display an alert before closing a terminal via the window close button

1.9b (28.12.2010):

Added a green-on-black color profile, fixed the Bright profile
Added configurable cursor incl. blinking suppport
Added an option to make the window translucent
Cleaned up the menu

1.8b:

Initial public release

Contact

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