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What is Windows Terminal

A new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community.

Windows Terminal is a tool in the Terminal Emulators category of a tech stack.

What are its top alternatives?

Windows Terminal alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators but may also be Shells or SSH Clients.

  • Tabby Terminal
  • ConEmu
  • Termux
  • Cmder
  • iTerm2
  • MobaXterm
  • Kitty terminal
  • Alacritty
  • GNOME Terminal
  • Terminator
  • KiTTY
  • Wave Terminal

For instance, PowerShell is a Shell. For starters, people easily get confused and mistake the two, Windows Terminal and PowerShell, as one thing.