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WSLtty vs Windows Terminal: catalog facts
WSLtty	Windows Terminal
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source, published by Microsoft.
Windows	Windows
Brings mintty to WSL shells Creates shortcuts for each installed WSL distribution	One window for Command Prompt, PowerShell, WSL distributions and Azure Cloud Shell Tabs, split panes and tab tear-out into separate windows
Windows and WSL only No tabs; each session is a separate window	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 not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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