Introducing Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal is a modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL.

Key Features

• Multiple tabs and panes
• Custom themes and styles
• Unicode and UTF-8 support
• GPU accelerated text rendering
• Rich text, emoji, and ligatures support

Installation

Install Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or via the winget package manager.

winget install --id Microsoft.WindowsTerminal -e

Getting Started

Open Windows Terminal and explore the default profile settings. You can customize the settings.json file to personalize colors, fonts, and key bindings.

Sample settings.json snippet

{
  "profiles": {
    "defaults": {
      "fontFace": "Cascadia Code",
      "colorScheme": "One Half Dark"
    },
    "list": [
      {
        "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
        "name": "PowerShell",
        "commandline": "powershell.exe"
      },
      {
        "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
        "name": "Command Prompt",
        "commandline": "cmd.exe"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Resources

• GitHub Repository
• Official Documentation
• Color Schemes