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tty7 vs Windows Terminal: catalog facts
tty7	Windows Terminal
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source, published by Microsoft.
Windows	Windows
Persistent sessions that survive closing the window Built-in SSH and coding agent support	One window for Command Prompt, PowerShell, WSL distributions and Azure Cloud Shell Tabs, split panes and tab tear-out into separate windows
Young project with little track record Platform support beyond Windows not documented in the research	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: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
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 October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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