10 Best Terminal Emulators In JavaScript And jQuery (2025 Update)

Terminal emulators provide a way to use the command line interface (CLI) with a graphical user interface (GUI).

Have ever wanted to have a terminal emulator in the document that enables the user to interact with your web applications with commands?

This is the 10 best JavaScript/jQuery powered terminal emulators that add customizable, extensible bash terminals to the web applications, with built-in and/or user-defined commands. Enjoy.

Originally Published Oct 01 2019, updated Feb 27 2025

Table of contents:

• jQuery Terminal Emulators
• Vanilla JavaScript Terminal Emulators

jQuery Terminal Emulators:

jQuery Command Line Interpreter Plugin - Terminal Emulator

A simple jQuery based terminal emulator that makes it easy to create command line interpreter for your website or web application.

[Demo] [Download]

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Web-based Shell Terminal Emulator - jQuery Shelly

A lightweight, web-based terminal emulator for emulating a shell (command line) environment on the webpage.

[Demo] [Download]

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Easy Terminal Emulator With Custom Command Support - KonsoleJS

A a promise-based jQuery plugin for building text based terminals and command line interfaces for your projects.

[Demo] [Download]

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jQuery Plugin To Emulate Terminal Window - Shell.js

Shell.js is a jQuery plugin used to create responsive, themeable terminal windows with custom username, host, and commands on the webpage.

[Demo] [Download]

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Basic Bash Terminal Plugin For jQuery - Web Terminal

A simple-to-use jQuery plugin for adding a configurable terminal emulator to your web app. The plugin includes a few built-in bash commands and is easy to extend in the JavaScript as per your needs.

[Demo] [Download]

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Vanilla JavaScript Terminal Emulators:

Minimal Interactive Terminal In JavaScript – Terminal.js

A super tiny JavaScript library to emulate an interactive terminal on the page.

[Demo] [Download]

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Create Custom Terminals With Pure JavaScript And CSS – shell.js

The shell.js JavaScript library provides an easy way to create Ubuntu, OS X, Windows, and Custom style bash terminal on the web application.

[Demo] [Download]

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Vanilla JavaScript Shell Terminal Emulator With Async/Await Functions – jsShell.js

An easy yet feature-rich JavaScript shell emulator (also known as bash terminal) that allows users to execute commands or interact with your app directly in the web browser.

[Demo] [Download]

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Lightweight Terminal Emulator In Pure JavaScript – terminal.js

An ultra-light and easy-to-extend bash terminal emulator written in pure vanilla JavaScript.

[Demo] [Download]

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Bash Terminal Simulator In Pure JavaScript – Termly.js

A pure JavaScript plugin used to generate a configurable, extendable bash terminal with custom commands & filesystem on your browser.

[Demo] [Download]

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Conclusion:

I hope you enjoyed this list of some of the best terminal emulator in JavaScript. I think it’s great to see so much development going on in this area, and I can’t wait to see what comes next. What do you think? Are there any additional tools that should have been mentioned? Let us know in the comments!

Seeking more jQuery plugins or JavaScript libraries to create awesome Terminal Emulator on the web & mobile? See jQuery Terminal Emulator and JavaScript Terminal Emulator sections for details.