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

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