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Contour Terminal vs Mintty: catalog facts
Contour Terminal	Mintty
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
Supports font ligatures, Unicode and terminal tabs.	Thorough xterm and DEC terminal emulation Strong Unicode, bidi and emoji rendering
Rendering requires a compatible graphics setup.	Windows only Needs Cygwin, MSYS2 or WSL underneath to be useful
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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