When comparing MacTerm vs Extraterm, the Slant community recommends MacTerm for most people. In the question“What are the best terminal emulators for Mac?” MacTerm is ranked 12th while Extraterm is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose MacTerm is:
MacTerm has a macro tool with which you can add macros that can potentially do anything you want them to.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Support for macros
MacTerm has a macro tool with which you can add macros that can potentially do anything you want them to.
Pro speed
not the fastest ever, but for me its a good comprimise of features vs performance
Pro Cross platform
Pro Supports tab, splits and panes
You can set up your own layout with multiple splits and tabs.
Pro Shell integration
The shell integration makes it possible to group in command output in "frames" which show success/failure.
Pro Image support
You can view images and other data types like audio directly in the terminal.
Pro Keyboard based text selection
It is possible to go into a cursor mode where you can select text just like in a text editor. It even supports multiple cursors.
Pro Global shortcuts
You can configure global shortcuts to open the terminal.
Pro Keyboard friendly "Command Palette"
Just like Sublime, Atom and VSCode you can easily search and find commands from the drop down Command Palette.
Cons
Con Still in beta stage
MacTerm is still in beta stage which means that it may be missing some features or that it has features which are not yet fully polished.