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Tilix

GTK3 tiling terminal for Linux with horizontal/vertical splits, drag-and-drop pane rearranging, input sync across terminals, saved layouts and Quake mode. Minimally maintained: last release 2023, README seeks maintainers.

Official site

~/facts

platforms: LinuxGTK3 tiling terminal for Linux; site also lists FreeBSD ports and Nix packages. Maintenance status: README says maintainers wanted, minimal maintenance only.
price: FreeFree; site has a Donate link, no price (seen 2026-10-21)
source: Open sourceLicence: MPL-2.0
github: gnunn1/tilix 5.7k stars, seen 2026-10-21

~/features

– no SSH
✓ yes Tabs
✓ yes Split panes
? not verified SFTP
? not verified Port forwarding
? not verified Scripting / API
? not verified AI agents
? not verified MCP
? not verified Cloud sync

✓ documented · – absent or not in its feature list · ? not verified

+ strengths

Split terminals in any layout with drag-and-drop between and across windows
Input synchronization across terminals and savable layouts
Quake (drop-down) mode, badges and triggered profile switching on hostname/directory
Free MPL-2.0 licence with an active Weblate translation community

! weak points

Maintenance is minimal: README says no new features and slow PR review; last release 1.9.6 was 2023-11-08
Last code commit (2025-12-09) is older than recent translation/CI-only commits
Built on GTK3 / VTE, not GTK4
Triggers and badges are experimental and need a patched VTE

~/who it is for

best for: Linux users who want tiled terminal layouts and synchronized input on a GTK3 desktop.
look elsewhere if: Users who need active feature development, GTK4, or builds for macOS or Windows.

~/sources

Checked 2026-10-20. Prices and features change; the vendor's page is the authority.

gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web — features, distro packages
raw.githubusercontent.com/gnunn1/tilix/master/README.md — features list, maintainers wanted warning, GTK3
api.github.com/repos/gnunn1/tilix — stars 5735, MPL-2.0, pushed_at 2026-07-01 (seen 2026-10-21)
api.github.com/repos/gnunn1/tilix/releases/latest — 1.9.6 published 2023-11-08
api.github.com/repos/gnunn1/tilix/commits — commit history, last code commit 2025-12-09

Not verified

ssh=false: README feature list has no SSH feature (hostname-based profile switching only); this is absence of evidence
'GTK4' weakness is inferred from README stating GTK+ 3; no statement about GTK4 plans found
scripting_or_api null: not examined (wiki not checked)
Last code commit date determined by filtering commit messages that are not l10n/Weblate/bump/merge; approximate