

Windows Terminal Preview will also have monthly updates, starting in June 2020.Last year at Build 2019, we first announced the Windows Terminal. You can download Windows Terminal Preview from Microsoft Store or from GitHub releases page. If you want to be involved with the development of Windows Terminal and use the latest features as soon as they are developed, you can register for Windows Terminal Preview. Microsoft has also created a preview channel of Windows Terminal for advanced users. You can learn how to use and customize Windows Terminal app at the official documentation website at following link: Starting in July 2020, Microsoft will release monthly updates for Windows Terminal.ĭownload Windows Terminal from Microsoft Store Windows Terminal can be downloaded from Microsoft Store or from GitHub releases page.

The default font of Windows Terminal is set to Cascadia Mono. This renderer also supports Unicode and UTF-8 characters which allows to use the terminal in different languages while also displaying emojis. It provides faster and smoother experience when using the command line. Windows Terminal utilizes GPU to render its text. Other features include Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine and the ability to create custom themes and customize text, colors, backgrounds, and shortcut key bindings. You can also press Ctrl+Shift+F keys together to open search box. To open multiple panes, press Alt+Shift+D keys together. To open multiple tabs, click on the New Tab (+) icon present in the titlebar. You can also create multiple panes in a single Terminal window and open them side-by-side. You can open multiple tabs in a single Terminal window. It supports multiple tabs and multiple panes. Just click on the drop-down menu button present in the titlebar. You can launch any of these command-line tools using Windows Terminal app. Windows Terminal supports PowerShell, Command Prompt and WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux Terminal) command-line tools.

It supports custom themes, styles and configurations. You can modify its Settings (text file) to have transparent background with acrylic blur (similar to Aero glass transparency effect) or set any wallpaper as background image. It was under development and testing since almost one year and now the final stable version is available for download to public. Windows Terminal is a new modern and open source command-line/console app officially released by Microsoft for Windows 10 operating system.
