Apple Inc. Terminal (Terminal. app) is the terminal emulator included in the macOS operating system by Apple. Terminal originated in NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, the predecessor operating systems of macOS.

Does macOS have a terminal?

The Mac Terminal is a command line system that can help you quickly take control of your operating system and make changes. Getting to the Terminal app is easy — you can navigate via your Mac’s Finder or through Spotlight.

Is Mac terminal based on Linux?

MacOS is based on Darwin, a BSD variant of Unix. Linux is a similar, but completely different operating system. That said, they still share a number of commands, shells, and tools, and the way they operate is similar. Terminal is a terminal emulator that does the same thing as Linux terminal emulators.