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MinttyWindows Terminal
Free

Free and open source.

 Free

Free and open source, published by Microsoft.

Windows Windows
  • Thorough xterm and DEC terminal emulation
  • Strong Unicode, bidi and emoji rendering
  • One window for Command Prompt, PowerShell, WSL distributions and Azure Cloud Shell
  • Tabs, split panes and tab tear-out into separate windows
  • Windows only
  • Needs Cygwin, MSYS2 or WSL underneath to be useful
  • Windows only, and it needs a reasonably current Windows 10 or 11
  • It is a terminal, not a shell: the shell you run inside it is still cmd, PowerShell or…
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: MIT
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

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