Terminator is a terminal emulator aimed at providing a useful way to arrange multiple terminals into a single window. Terminator’s approach is to allow the user to create multiple terminals in a grid, rather than on tabs. You can split the window vertically or horizontally any number of times, and resize each terminal as you wish.

To create a new grid, simply right click on the grid you want to operate on, then choose either Close, Split Vertically, or Split Horizontally. These functions are what makes Terminator so useful.

Terminator is an emulator of gnome-terminal, so to set any of your preferences, you have to set them through gnome-terminal. Be sure save the profile if you make changes there. If you have multiple profiles, you can specify which one to use by adding -p PROFILE or –profile=PROFILE to your Terminator arguments.

If you want to download Terminator, head over to the download section on Launchpad. Download the tarball and follow the installation instructions to get started.