If you’re so inclined, you can even build it manually from the GitHub Source code - all of these options are detailed in the GitHub repository. However, it’s also available through the Windows Package Manager CLI (winget), Chocolatey (unofficial), Scoop (unofficial). The preferred / recommended way of installing is by using the Microsoft Store, as you will be able to update to the latest version of Windows Terminal through the Microsoft Store updates mechanism. So, pre-requisite number one is that you are running a machine with the Windows Operating System! From this GitHub issue, it appears as though there is a dependency on components that are only available in Windows, hence no support on Linux/macOS at this time. You can either raise an issue directly in the GitHub repository, or if you’re more inclined to make a contribution, then you can submit a pull request, though make sure to read the Contributor’s Guide first!Īs the name implies, Windows Terminal is only available on Windows.

To get an idea into the progress, scroll through the release notes and you’ll get an idea! Speaking of which, the project is open source and available on GitHub. It’s come a long way since the early days. Windows Terminal is a modern app, decoupling the concept of a terminal and a shell, allowing you to spin up the shell that you prefer to use in a friendly, fast and productive terminal environment. I’m amazed that as I’m writing this, that Windows Terminal is almost two years old now! Windows Terminal was first announced in May 2019 in an early release stage, and later available in preview that Summer through the Microsoft Store. I recently put together a Cloud Drop on How Windows Terminal can make YOU productive with Azure, so I figured it’s time to also write up a blog post on the same! Whether you’re a Developer, DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure Operations or Data Scientist, you’ve probably had to interact with a command-line terminal / shell at some point, so I hope this will be useful for you! I always get questioned about which terminal that is, and how people can get access to it.

Whenever I’m demonstrating Kubernetes concepts or working with the Azure CLI, I’ll likely have had the Windows Terminal open at some point. For some time now, I’ve been using Windows Terminal as my local terminal for interacting with my command-line tools for quite some time now.

Windows terminal install