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Windows Terminal vs tty7: catalog facts
Windows Terminal	tty7
Free Free and open source, published by Microsoft.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Windows	Windows
One window for Command Prompt, PowerShell, WSL distributions and Azure Cloud Shell Tabs, split panes and tab tear-out into separate windows	Persistent sessions that survive closing the window Built-in SSH and coding agent support
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…	Young project with little track record Platform support beyond Windows not documented in the research
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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