Windows Terminal is amulti-tabbedterminal emulator developed byMicrosoft forWindows 10 and later[4] as a replacement forWindows Console.[5] It can run any command-line app in a separate tab. It is preconfigured to runCommand Prompt,PowerShell,WSL and Azure Cloud Shell Connector,[6][7] and can also connect toSSH by manually configuring a profile.[8] Windows Terminal comes with its own rendering back-end; starting with version 1.11 onWindows 11, command-line apps can run using this newer back-end instead of the old Windows Console.[9]
Since Windows 11 22H2 and Windows Terminal 1.15, Windows Terminal replacesWindows Console as the default.[10][11]
Windows Terminal was announced[5] at Microsoft'sBuild 2019 developer conference in May 2019[12] as a modern alternative forWindows Console, and Windows Terminal's source code first appeared on GitHub on May 3, 2019.[1] The first preview release was version 0.2, which appeared on July 10, 2019.[13] The first stable version of the project (version 1.0) was on May 19, 2020, at which point, Microsoft started releasing preview versions as the Windows Terminal Preview app, which could be installed side-by-side with the stable version.[14]
Cascadia Code is a purpose-builtmonospaced font by Aaron Bell of Saja Typeworks for the new command-line interface. It includes programmingligatures and was designed to enhance the look and feel of Windows Terminal, terminal applications and text editors such asVisual Studio andVisual Studio Code.[19] The font is open-source under theSIL Open Font License and available on GitHub.[20] It is bundled with Windows Terminal since version 0.5.2762.0.[21]
Fuqua, Will (2021).Windows Terminal Tips, Tricks, and Productivity Hacks: Optimize your command-line usage and development processes with pro-level techniques.Packt Publishing.ISBN978-1800207561.
