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Windows Terminal

by Microsoft

Tabs, panes and profiles for PowerShell, Command Prompt and WSL in one fast window.

FreeOpen sourceArm64 nativeDeveloper tools
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What it does

Windows Terminal hosts every command line you use in one window: PowerShell, Command Prompt, Linux distributions under WSL and SSH sessions, each in its own tab or split pane.

Text is drawn on the GPU, themes and fonts with ligatures are supported, and a drop-down quake mode is one shortcut away. On current versions of Windows 11 it is already the default terminal.

What it costs

Free

Made by Microsoft and included with Windows 11.

Open source (MIT)

Where it runs

Windows 11
Windows 10 version 2004 or later
Arm PCs

Native Arm64 build.

How to get it

Install it from Terminal with winget, or download it from the official site.

PS> winget install --id Microsoft.WindowsTerminal -e
learn.microsoft.com

Coming from a Mac?

Does the job of

iTerm2Terminal

Split panes, profiles and a drop-down window cover most of what iTerm2 users reach for.

Good to know

  • It is already installed on Windows 11, so running the winget command just makes sure you have the latest version.
  • Settings live in a JSON file as well as the settings screen, so you can copy them between PCs.

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