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Mintty vs Tabby: catalog facts
Mintty	Tabby
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux
Thorough xterm and DEC terminal emulation Strong Unicode, bidi and emoji rendering	Local shells, SSH, Telnet and serial connections in one program Encrypted container for SSH secrets and configuration
Windows only Needs Cygwin, MSYS2 or WSL underneath to be useful	Electron, so start-up and memory use are well above a native terminal The plugin ecosystem is small
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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