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Mintty vs WSLtty: catalog facts
Mintty	WSLtty
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Windows	Windows
Thorough xterm and DEC terminal emulation Strong Unicode, bidi and emoji rendering	Brings mintty to WSL shells Creates shortcuts for each installed WSL distribution
Windows only Needs Cygwin, MSYS2 or WSL underneath to be useful	Windows and WSL only No tabs; each session is a separate window
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
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 24, 2026

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