WSLtty
A Windows terminal for Windows Subsystem for Linux based on mintty and wslbridge2.
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Package managers
- Chocolatey
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About WSLtty
WSLtty packages the mintty terminal emulator as a terminal for the Windows Subsystem for Linux. It connects to WSL distributions through wslbridge2, giving WSL shells mintty's rendering, configuration and keyboard handling.
The package includes installer scripts, a portable install option, a script that configures shortcuts for installed WSL distributions, and shortcuts that add WSL entries to the Explorer context menu.
Strengths
- Brings mintty to WSL shells
- Creates shortcuts for each installed WSL distribution
- Portable install option
- Explorer context menu entries
Limitations
- Windows and WSL only
- No tabs; each session is a separate window
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The mintty contributors
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Windows users who want mintty as their WSL terminal
- Categories
- Terminals
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to WSLtty
Compare allSoftware that can replace WSLtty for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Windows Terminal
Microsoft’s tabbed terminal for Windows, hosting Command Prompt, PowerShell and WSL in one GPU-rendered window.
Windows Terminal hosts WSL, PowerShell and Command Prompt in one GPU-rendered window with tabs and split panes, which WSLtty does not have.
Mintty
A terminal emulator for Cygwin, MSYS2 and WSL on Windows with thorough xterm compatibility.
Mintty is the terminal WSLtty is built on, and it also serves Cygwin and MSYS2 shells, with the same xterm compatibility and image support.
WezTerm
A GPU-accelerated terminal that is also a multiplexer, configured in Lua and the same on every platform.
WezTerm runs on Windows, macOS and Linux with built-in tabs and panes and Lua configuration, rather than WSLtty's one window per session.
Alacritty
A deliberately minimal OpenGL terminal that leaves multiplexing and tabs to other programs and just draws text fast.
Alacritty is a minimal cross-platform OpenGL terminal under Apache-2.0 that needs ConPTY on Windows 10 1809 or later and has no tabs either.
ConEmu
Keep several Windows console sessions in a tabbed window.
ConEmu keeps several Windows console sessions in a tabbed window with configurable layouts, where WSLtty opens each session separately.
Tabby
A terminal, SSH client and serial console in one window, with a connection manager and an encrypted secret store.
Tabby is an Electron terminal with tabs, SSH, serial and an encrypted secret store, heavier on memory than the mintty-based WSLtty.
Hyper
A terminal built on web technologies, extended with JavaScript plugins and themed with CSS.
Hyper is an Electron terminal themed with CSS and extended with npm plugins, slower to start than WSLtty and last tagged in January 2023.
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