Windows Terminal, Console and Command-Line, Windows Subsystem for Linux, WSL
July 1, 2016Jul 1, 201607/1/16If you’re anything like me, you’re already overloaded with work/studies & life, and there’s just never enough time to go and dig into all the awesome new open-source projects, cool new tools, exciting new languages & platforms, and any amount of other technology that appears almost hourly these days.
June 15, 2016Jun 15, 201606/15/16One of the most frequent questions we get about Bash/WSL is how WSL provides a Linux-compatible filesystem atop NTFS and how filesystem interop works.
Well, wonder no more dear reader – in this new blog post and the video below, Sven Groot explains to Seth Juarez how WSL’s filesystem support works.
June 8, 2016Jun 8, 201606/8/16One of the most interesting things about the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is its ability to run unmodified Linux ELF64 binaries atop the Windows Kernel.
“How?” is a question we receive regularly from many of you. Ask and ye shall receive 🙂
In this new post,
June 8, 2016Jun 8, 201606/8/16Dona Sarkar, the new owner of the Windows Insider Big Red Release Button has just announced the release of Windows 10 Anniversary Update Insiders Build 14361 to the fast-ring: Start your download engines – this is a release filled with huge improvements,
June 8, 2016Jun 8, 201606/8/16In Windows 10 build 14361, available now to Windows Insiders fast-ring users, we’ve added Pseudo Terminal support to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) which, along with improvements to Windows Console’s much improved support for rendering VT control sequences, enables Tmux support to light-up your console!
June 2, 2016Jun 2, 201606/2/16Moved to a more permanent page!
April 6, 2016Apr 6, 201604/6/16At //Build 2016, Microsoft announced the ability to run native Bash and GNU/Linux command-line tools directly on the new Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), coming soon to Windows 10 Anniversary Update builds.
We’ve been amazed by the overwhelming outpouring of interest about this new feature over the last week.
March 24, 2016Mar 24, 201603/24/16Welcome to our new blog focusing on Windows command line tools for developers.
We’ll soon be publishing news, articles, updates, information, links and all manner of content related to the Windows command-line tools including PowerShell, Bash on Ubuntu on Windows and the Console itself.
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
March 17, 2020Mar 17, 202003/17/20Welcome to the v0.10 release of the Windows Terminal! As always, you can install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or download the package from the GitHub releases page. Let’s dive into what’s new!
Mouse Input
The Terminal now supports mouse input in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) applications as well as Windows applications that use virtual terminal (VT) input.
March 13, 2020Mar 13, 202003/13/20WSL2 will soon be officially available as part of Windows 10, version 2004! As we get ready for general availability, we want to share one additional change: updating how the Linux kernel inside of WSL2 is installed and serviced on your machine.
February 13, 2020Feb 13, 202002/13/20The v0.9 release of the Windows Terminal has arrived! This is the last version of the Terminal that will include new features before the v1 release. You can download the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
January 14, 2020Jan 14, 202001/14/20The release of the Windows Terminal preview v0.8 has arrived! You can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let’s jump into what’s new!
Search
Search functionality has been added to the Terminal! The default key binding to invoke the search dropdown is {“command”: “find”,
December 18, 2019Dec 18, 201912/18/19What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! Let’s take a look at everything that has happened and where we’re going from here.
Announcement at Microsoft Build
On May 6th of this year, the Windows Terminal was announced at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle,
November 26, 2019Nov 26, 201911/26/19Another release is out for the Windows Terminal preview! This release is labeled as v0.7 in the About section of the Terminal. As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store and from the GitHub releases page. Here’s what’s new in this release:
Windows Terminal Updates
Panes
You are now able to split your Terminal window into multiple panes!
October 30, 2019Oct 30, 201910/30/19We’ve added a new Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) feature in Windows Insider Preview Build 19013: Memory Reclamation for WSL 2! Previously, when the memory needs of the WSL2 Virtual Machine (VM) would grow, either from your workflow or by the Linux kernel,
October 23, 2019Oct 23, 201910/23/19Another update to the Windows Terminal has just been released! As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store, the Microsoft Store for Business, and GitHub.
👉 Note: In the About popup within the Terminal, this version will appear as v0.6.
October 22, 2019Oct 22, 201910/22/19I recently wrote an article for Smashing Magazine that covers how I set up my personal development environment to use the Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL 2). One of the things that I cover in that article is how to get SSH setup in WSL with Github.
October 4, 2019Oct 4, 201910/4/19Cascadia Code has received a major update with some new characters! You can download the latest version of the font from the GitHub releases page and it is also shipped in the latest update of the Windows Terminal.
👉 Note: The Terminal will use its shipped version over the separately installed version from GitHub,
Cmd
February 13, 2020Feb 13, 202002/13/20The v0.9 release of the Windows Terminal has arrived! This is the last version of the Terminal that will include new features before the v1 release. You can download the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
January 14, 2020Jan 14, 202001/14/20The release of the Windows Terminal preview v0.8 has arrived! You can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let’s jump into what’s new!
Search
Search functionality has been added to the Terminal! The default key binding to invoke the search dropdown is {“command”: “find”,
December 18, 2019Dec 18, 201912/18/19What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! Let’s take a look at everything that has happened and where we’re going from here.
Announcement at Microsoft Build
On May 6th of this year, the Windows Terminal was announced at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle,
October 23, 2019Oct 23, 201910/23/19Another update to the Windows Terminal has just been released! As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store, the Microsoft Store for Business, and GitHub.
👉 Note: In the About popup within the Terminal, this version will appear as v0.6.
October 4, 2019Oct 4, 201910/4/19Cascadia Code has received a major update with some new characters! You can download the latest version of the font from the GitHub releases page and it is also shipped in the latest update of the Windows Terminal.
👉 Note: The Terminal will use its shipped version over the separately installed version from GitHub,
September 24, 2019Sep 24, 201909/24/19Welcome back to another release of the Windows Terminal! We have switched to the Windows version syntax, so this is the September 2019 release (1909). As always, you can download the latest release of the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
September 18, 2019Sep 18, 201909/18/19Cascadia Code is finally here! You can install it directly from the GitHub repository’s releases page or automatically receive it in the next update of Windows Terminal.
Wait, what’s Cascadia Code?
Cascadia Code was announced this past May at Microsoft’s Build event.
August 27, 2019Aug 27, 201908/27/19The time has come for another update to the Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 is now available in the Microsoft Store and on GitHub!
And for those interested in more detail, please review the Terminal v0.4 release notes.
Settings Updates
Profiles.json is Now in LocalState
The profiles.json file has been moved from the RoamingState folder to the LocalState folder.
August 2, 2019Aug 2, 201908/2/19Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 has been published to the Microsoft Store! If you have previously installed the Terminal from the Store, you will receive this update automatically.
If you’ve not yet installed Terminal from the Microsoft Store, now would be a great time because it contains some MAJOR improvements and updates!
August 2, 2019Aug 2, 201908/2/19The Windows Terminal can now connect you to the Azure Cloud Shell!
We have a new default profile – the Azure Cloud Shell, which will allow you to access your Azure directories/tenants through the Windows Terminal app itself.
If you already have Windows Terminal installed
Your settings will not automatically update with the new default profile (since the file does not regenerate every time you open up Windows Terminal),
Command-Line
March 17, 2020Mar 17, 202003/17/20Welcome to the v0.10 release of the Windows Terminal! As always, you can install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or download the package from the GitHub releases page. Let’s dive into what’s new!
Mouse Input
The Terminal now supports mouse input in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) applications as well as Windows applications that use virtual terminal (VT) input.
February 13, 2020Feb 13, 202002/13/20The v0.9 release of the Windows Terminal has arrived! This is the last version of the Terminal that will include new features before the v1 release. You can download the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
January 14, 2020Jan 14, 202001/14/20The release of the Windows Terminal preview v0.8 has arrived! You can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let’s jump into what’s new!
Search
Search functionality has been added to the Terminal! The default key binding to invoke the search dropdown is {“command”: “find”,
December 18, 2019Dec 18, 201912/18/19What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! Let’s take a look at everything that has happened and where we’re going from here.
Announcement at Microsoft Build
On May 6th of this year, the Windows Terminal was announced at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle,
November 26, 2019Nov 26, 201911/26/19Another release is out for the Windows Terminal preview! This release is labeled as v0.7 in the About section of the Terminal. As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store and from the GitHub releases page. Here’s what’s new in this release:
Windows Terminal Updates
Panes
You are now able to split your Terminal window into multiple panes!
October 23, 2019Oct 23, 201910/23/19Another update to the Windows Terminal has just been released! As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store, the Microsoft Store for Business, and GitHub.
👉 Note: In the About popup within the Terminal, this version will appear as v0.6.
October 4, 2019Oct 4, 201910/4/19Cascadia Code has received a major update with some new characters! You can download the latest version of the font from the GitHub releases page and it is also shipped in the latest update of the Windows Terminal.
👉 Note: The Terminal will use its shipped version over the separately installed version from GitHub,
September 26, 2019Sep 26, 201909/26/19A common question Windows developers have is “why doesn’t Windows have <INSERT FAVORITE LINUX COMMAND HERE> yet?”. Whether longing for a powerful pager like less or wanting to use familiar commands like grep or sed, Windows developers desire easy access to these commands as part of their core workflow.
September 24, 2019Sep 24, 201909/24/19Welcome back to another release of the Windows Terminal! We have switched to the Windows version syntax, so this is the September 2019 release (1909). As always, you can download the latest release of the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
September 18, 2019Sep 18, 201909/18/19Cascadia Code is finally here! You can install it directly from the GitHub repository’s releases page or automatically receive it in the next update of Windows Terminal.
Wait, what’s Cascadia Code?
Cascadia Code was announced this past May at Microsoft’s Build event.
Command Line
March 17, 2020Mar 17, 202003/17/20Welcome to the v0.10 release of the Windows Terminal! As always, you can install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or download the package from the GitHub releases page. Let’s dive into what’s new!
Mouse Input
The Terminal now supports mouse input in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) applications as well as Windows applications that use virtual terminal (VT) input.
March 13, 2020Mar 13, 202003/13/20WSL2 will soon be officially available as part of Windows 10, version 2004! As we get ready for general availability, we want to share one additional change: updating how the Linux kernel inside of WSL2 is installed and serviced on your machine.
February 13, 2020Feb 13, 202002/13/20The v0.9 release of the Windows Terminal has arrived! This is the last version of the Terminal that will include new features before the v1 release. You can download the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
January 14, 2020Jan 14, 202001/14/20The release of the Windows Terminal preview v0.8 has arrived! You can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let’s jump into what’s new!
Search
Search functionality has been added to the Terminal! The default key binding to invoke the search dropdown is {“command”: “find”,
December 18, 2019Dec 18, 201912/18/19What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! Let’s take a look at everything that has happened and where we’re going from here.
Announcement at Microsoft Build
On May 6th of this year, the Windows Terminal was announced at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle,
November 26, 2019Nov 26, 201911/26/19Another release is out for the Windows Terminal preview! This release is labeled as v0.7 in the About section of the Terminal. As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store and from the GitHub releases page. Here’s what’s new in this release:
Windows Terminal Updates
Panes
You are now able to split your Terminal window into multiple panes!
August 27, 2019Aug 27, 201908/27/19The time has come for another update to the Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 is now available in the Microsoft Store and on GitHub!
And for those interested in more detail, please review the Terminal v0.4 release notes.
Settings Updates
Profiles.json is Now in LocalState
The profiles.json file has been moved from the RoamingState folder to the LocalState folder.
August 2, 2019Aug 2, 201908/2/19The Windows Terminal can now connect you to the Azure Cloud Shell!
We have a new default profile – the Azure Cloud Shell, which will allow you to access your Azure directories/tenants through the Windows Terminal app itself.
If you already have Windows Terminal installed
Your settings will not automatically update with the new default profile (since the file does not regenerate every time you open up Windows Terminal),
June 21, 2019Jun 21, 201906/21/19The Windows Terminal preview is now in the Microsoft Store!
The Windows Terminal is the new, powerful, open source terminal application that was announced at Build 2019. Its main features include multiple tabs, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine,
May 6, 2019May 6, 201905/6/19Today we’re unveiling the newest architecture for the Windows Subsystem for Linux: WSL 2! Changes in this new architecture will allow for: dramatic file system performance increases, and full system call compatibility, meaning you can run more Linux apps in WSL 2 such as Docker.
Debian
September 7, 2018Sep 7, 201809/7/18Recently, customers in an enterprise environment have asked if there is a way to install WSL without an internet connection. These companies had some machines that would benefit from having WSL, but don’t have an internet connection for security, logistics, or other reasons.
March 6, 2018Mar 6, 201803/6/18We’re excited to announce that you can now download & install Debian GNU/Linux via the Windows Store!
After we announced that you’d be able to install and run multiple distro’s side-by-side on WSL , we are happy to introduce another one of your favorite Linux distros to the Windows Store.
November 17, 2016Nov 17, 201611/17/16Update – May 2019 Windows 10 version 1903 has now been released and allows an important update to WSL that allows Windows applications and tools to access Linux files directly. To do this, WSL hosts a new 9P fileserver, which exposes distro filesystems to Windows apps and tools via \\wsl$\<DistroName>\!
Distros
February 15, 2019Feb 15, 201902/15/19The next Windows update is coming soon and we’re bringing exciting new updates to WSL with it! These include accessing the Linux file system from Windows, and improvements to how you manage and configure your distros in the command line.
Accessing Linux files from Windows
In the past,
November 5, 2018Nov 5, 201811/5/18On October 2, 2018, Microsoft announced that the availability of the** Windows 10 October 2018 Update**. After the update was paused, the rollout resumed on November 13, 2018. You can read more about the Windows 10 quality approach here. This post,
September 7, 2018Sep 7, 201809/7/18Recently, customers in an enterprise environment have asked if there is a way to install WSL without an internet connection. These companies had some machines that would benefit from having WSL, but don’t have an internet connection for security, logistics, or other reasons.
July 9, 2018Jul 9, 201807/9/18Canonical recently released Ubuntu 18.04 in the Microsoft Store. We received many questions around the various Ubuntu releases in the Store in addition to how best to upgrade your existing releases. With the help of our friends at Canonical, we have created a guide to upgrading your Ubuntu release.
May 15, 2018May 15, 201805/15/18Last week, the WSL team attended Microsoft //Build 2018. We had a great time meeting many of you and answering questions at the command line booth. In case you missed it, you can watch out session, Set up a Windows Dev Environment that Feels Like $HOME,
March 26, 2018Mar 26, 201803/26/18We are happy to announce that we have open sourced a WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) sample for Linux distribution maintainers. This sample allows distro maintainers to build WSL distro packages for the Microsoft Store and developers to create custom Linux distro packages for sideloading.
March 6, 2018Mar 6, 201803/6/18We’re excited to announce that you can now download & install Debian GNU/Linux via the Windows Store!
After we announced that you’d be able to install and run multiple distro’s side-by-side on WSL , we are happy to introduce another one of your favorite Linux distros to the Windows Store.
March 5, 2018Mar 5, 201803/5/18We’re excited to announce that you can now download & install Kali Linux via the Windows Store!
Our community expressed great interest in bringing Kali Linux to WSL in response to a blog post on Kali Linux on WSL. We are happy to officially introduce Kali Linux on WSL 😊.
July 19, 2017Jul 19, 201707/19/17We’re excited to announce that you can now download & install openSUSE Leap 42 and SLES 12 via the Windows Store RIGHT NOW!
**Important Note:**** You will need to be running **any Windows 10 Insider build = #16215 and have the WSL optional component enabled.
July 10, 2017Jul 10, 201707/10/17Today, we’re excited to announce that Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux Distro is now available in the Windows Store and can be downloaded and installed on any Windows 10 Insider build = #16215!
Note: Because Windows 10 Insider builds are essentially weekly snapshots of the next version of Windows 10 as it’s being built,
Fedora
September 7, 2018Sep 7, 201809/7/18Recently, customers in an enterprise environment have asked if there is a way to install WSL without an internet connection. These companies had some machines that would benefit from having WSL, but don’t have an internet connection for security, logistics, or other reasons.
May 11, 2017May 11, 201705/11/17We’re REALLY excited about this announcement and think many of you will be too 😉
November 17, 2016Nov 17, 201611/17/16Update – May 2019 Windows 10 version 1903 has now been released and allows an important update to WSL that allows Windows applications and tools to access Linux files directly. To do this, WSL hosts a new 9P fileserver, which exposes distro filesystems to Windows apps and tools via \\wsl$\<DistroName>\!
Kali
September 7, 2018Sep 7, 201809/7/18Recently, customers in an enterprise environment have asked if there is a way to install WSL without an internet connection. These companies had some machines that would benefit from having WSL, but don’t have an internet connection for security, logistics, or other reasons.
March 5, 2018Mar 5, 201803/5/18We’re excited to announce that you can now download & install Kali Linux via the Windows Store!
Our community expressed great interest in bringing Kali Linux to WSL in response to a blog post on Kali Linux on WSL. We are happy to officially introduce Kali Linux on WSL 😊.
November 17, 2016Nov 17, 201611/17/16Update – May 2019 Windows 10 version 1903 has now been released and allows an important update to WSL that allows Windows applications and tools to access Linux files directly. To do this, WSL hosts a new 9P fileserver, which exposes distro filesystems to Windows apps and tools via \\wsl$\<DistroName>\!
Linux tools
March 17, 2020Mar 17, 202003/17/20Welcome to the v0.10 release of the Windows Terminal! As always, you can install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or download the package from the GitHub releases page. Let’s dive into what’s new!
Mouse Input
The Terminal now supports mouse input in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) applications as well as Windows applications that use virtual terminal (VT) input.
February 13, 2020Feb 13, 202002/13/20The v0.9 release of the Windows Terminal has arrived! This is the last version of the Terminal that will include new features before the v1 release. You can download the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
January 14, 2020Jan 14, 202001/14/20The release of the Windows Terminal preview v0.8 has arrived! You can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let’s jump into what’s new!
Search
Search functionality has been added to the Terminal! The default key binding to invoke the search dropdown is {“command”: “find”,
December 18, 2019Dec 18, 201912/18/19What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! Let’s take a look at everything that has happened and where we’re going from here.
Announcement at Microsoft Build
On May 6th of this year, the Windows Terminal was announced at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle,
November 26, 2019Nov 26, 201911/26/19Another release is out for the Windows Terminal preview! This release is labeled as v0.7 in the About section of the Terminal. As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store and from the GitHub releases page. Here’s what’s new in this release:
Windows Terminal Updates
Panes
You are now able to split your Terminal window into multiple panes!
October 23, 2019Oct 23, 201910/23/19Another update to the Windows Terminal has just been released! As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store, the Microsoft Store for Business, and GitHub.
👉 Note: In the About popup within the Terminal, this version will appear as v0.6.
October 4, 2019Oct 4, 201910/4/19Cascadia Code has received a major update with some new characters! You can download the latest version of the font from the GitHub releases page and it is also shipped in the latest update of the Windows Terminal.
👉 Note: The Terminal will use its shipped version over the separately installed version from GitHub,
September 26, 2019Sep 26, 201909/26/19A common question Windows developers have is “why doesn’t Windows have <INSERT FAVORITE LINUX COMMAND HERE> yet?”. Whether longing for a powerful pager like less or wanting to use familiar commands like grep or sed, Windows developers desire easy access to these commands as part of their core workflow.
September 24, 2019Sep 24, 201909/24/19Welcome back to another release of the Windows Terminal! We have switched to the Windows version syntax, so this is the September 2019 release (1909). As always, you can download the latest release of the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
September 18, 2019Sep 18, 201909/18/19Cascadia Code is finally here! You can install it directly from the GitHub repository’s releases page or automatically receive it in the next update of Windows Terminal.
Wait, what’s Cascadia Code?
Cascadia Code was announced this past May at Microsoft’s Build event.
MS-DOS
March 17, 2020Mar 17, 202003/17/20Welcome to the v0.10 release of the Windows Terminal! As always, you can install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or download the package from the GitHub releases page. Let’s dive into what’s new!
Mouse Input
The Terminal now supports mouse input in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) applications as well as Windows applications that use virtual terminal (VT) input.
February 13, 2020Feb 13, 202002/13/20The v0.9 release of the Windows Terminal has arrived! This is the last version of the Terminal that will include new features before the v1 release. You can download the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
January 14, 2020Jan 14, 202001/14/20The release of the Windows Terminal preview v0.8 has arrived! You can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let’s jump into what’s new!
Search
Search functionality has been added to the Terminal! The default key binding to invoke the search dropdown is {“command”: “find”,
December 18, 2019Dec 18, 201912/18/19What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! Let’s take a look at everything that has happened and where we’re going from here.
Announcement at Microsoft Build
On May 6th of this year, the Windows Terminal was announced at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle,
November 26, 2019Nov 26, 201911/26/19Another release is out for the Windows Terminal preview! This release is labeled as v0.7 in the About section of the Terminal. As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store and from the GitHub releases page. Here’s what’s new in this release:
Windows Terminal Updates
Panes
You are now able to split your Terminal window into multiple panes!
October 23, 2019Oct 23, 201910/23/19Another update to the Windows Terminal has just been released! As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store, the Microsoft Store for Business, and GitHub.
👉 Note: In the About popup within the Terminal, this version will appear as v0.6.
September 24, 2019Sep 24, 201909/24/19Welcome back to another release of the Windows Terminal! We have switched to the Windows version syntax, so this is the September 2019 release (1909). As always, you can download the latest release of the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
September 18, 2019Sep 18, 201909/18/19Cascadia Code is finally here! You can install it directly from the GitHub repository’s releases page or automatically receive it in the next update of Windows Terminal.
Wait, what’s Cascadia Code?
Cascadia Code was announced this past May at Microsoft’s Build event.
August 27, 2019Aug 27, 201908/27/19The time has come for another update to the Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 is now available in the Microsoft Store and on GitHub!
And for those interested in more detail, please review the Terminal v0.4 release notes.
Settings Updates
Profiles.json is Now in LocalState
The profiles.json file has been moved from the RoamingState folder to the LocalState folder.
August 2, 2019Aug 2, 201908/2/19Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 has been published to the Microsoft Store! If you have previously installed the Terminal from the Store, you will receive this update automatically.
If you’ve not yet installed Terminal from the Microsoft Store, now would be a great time because it contains some MAJOR improvements and updates!
SUSE
September 7, 2018Sep 7, 201809/7/18Recently, customers in an enterprise environment have asked if there is a way to install WSL without an internet connection. These companies had some machines that would benefit from having WSL, but don’t have an internet connection for security, logistics, or other reasons.
July 19, 2017Jul 19, 201707/19/17We’re excited to announce that you can now download & install openSUSE Leap 42 and SLES 12 via the Windows Store RIGHT NOW!
**Important Note:**** You will need to be running **any Windows 10 Insider build = #16215 and have the WSL optional component enabled.
May 11, 2017May 11, 201705/11/17We’re REALLY excited about this announcement and think many of you will be too 😉
November 17, 2016Nov 17, 201611/17/16Update – May 2019 Windows 10 version 1903 has now been released and allows an important update to WSL that allows Windows applications and tools to access Linux files directly. To do this, WSL hosts a new 9P fileserver, which exposes distro filesystems to Windows apps and tools via \\wsl$\<DistroName>\!
Ubuntu
September 7, 2018Sep 7, 201809/7/18Recently, customers in an enterprise environment have asked if there is a way to install WSL without an internet connection. These companies had some machines that would benefit from having WSL, but don’t have an internet connection for security, logistics, or other reasons.
July 9, 2018Jul 9, 201807/9/18Canonical recently released Ubuntu 18.04 in the Microsoft Store. We received many questions around the various Ubuntu releases in the Store in addition to how best to upgrade your existing releases. With the help of our friends at Canonical, we have created a guide to upgrading your Ubuntu release.
May 15, 2018May 15, 201805/15/18Last week, the WSL team attended Microsoft //Build 2018. We had a great time meeting many of you and answering questions at the command line booth. In case you missed it, you can watch out session, Set up a Windows Dev Environment that Feels Like $HOME,
July 19, 2017Jul 19, 201707/19/17We’re excited to announce that you can now download & install openSUSE Leap 42 and SLES 12 via the Windows Store RIGHT NOW!
**Important Note:**** You will need to be running **any Windows 10 Insider build = #16215 and have the WSL optional component enabled.
July 10, 2017Jul 10, 201707/10/17Today, we’re excited to announce that Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux Distro is now available in the Windows Store and can be downloaded and installed on any Windows 10 Insider build = #16215!
Note: Because Windows 10 Insider builds are essentially weekly snapshots of the next version of Windows 10 as it’s being built,
May 11, 2017May 11, 201705/11/17We’re REALLY excited about this announcement and think many of you will be too 😉
November 17, 2016Nov 17, 201611/17/16Update – May 2019 Windows 10 version 1903 has now been released and allows an important update to WSL that allows Windows applications and tools to access Linux files directly. To do this, WSL hosts a new 9P fileserver, which exposes distro filesystems to Windows apps and tools via \\wsl$\<DistroName>\!
Windows 10
March 17, 2020Mar 17, 202003/17/20Welcome to the v0.10 release of the Windows Terminal! As always, you can install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or download the package from the GitHub releases page. Let’s dive into what’s new!
Mouse Input
The Terminal now supports mouse input in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) applications as well as Windows applications that use virtual terminal (VT) input.
February 13, 2020Feb 13, 202002/13/20The v0.9 release of the Windows Terminal has arrived! This is the last version of the Terminal that will include new features before the v1 release. You can download the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
January 14, 2020Jan 14, 202001/14/20The release of the Windows Terminal preview v0.8 has arrived! You can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let’s jump into what’s new!
Search
Search functionality has been added to the Terminal! The default key binding to invoke the search dropdown is {“command”: “find”,
December 18, 2019Dec 18, 201912/18/19What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! Let’s take a look at everything that has happened and where we’re going from here.
Announcement at Microsoft Build
On May 6th of this year, the Windows Terminal was announced at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle,
November 26, 2019Nov 26, 201911/26/19Another release is out for the Windows Terminal preview! This release is labeled as v0.7 in the About section of the Terminal. As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store and from the GitHub releases page. Here’s what’s new in this release:
Windows Terminal Updates
Panes
You are now able to split your Terminal window into multiple panes!
October 23, 2019Oct 23, 201910/23/19Another update to the Windows Terminal has just been released! As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store, the Microsoft Store for Business, and GitHub.
👉 Note: In the About popup within the Terminal, this version will appear as v0.6.
October 4, 2019Oct 4, 201910/4/19Cascadia Code has received a major update with some new characters! You can download the latest version of the font from the GitHub releases page and it is also shipped in the latest update of the Windows Terminal.
👉 Note: The Terminal will use its shipped version over the separately installed version from GitHub,
September 26, 2019Sep 26, 201909/26/19A common question Windows developers have is “why doesn’t Windows have <INSERT FAVORITE LINUX COMMAND HERE> yet?”. Whether longing for a powerful pager like less or wanting to use familiar commands like grep or sed, Windows developers desire easy access to these commands as part of their core workflow.
September 24, 2019Sep 24, 201909/24/19Welcome back to another release of the Windows Terminal! We have switched to the Windows version syntax, so this is the September 2019 release (1909). As always, you can download the latest release of the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
September 18, 2019Sep 18, 201909/18/19Cascadia Code is finally here! You can install it directly from the GitHub repository’s releases page or automatically receive it in the next update of Windows Terminal.
Wait, what’s Cascadia Code?
Cascadia Code was announced this past May at Microsoft’s Build event.
Windows Console
March 17, 2020Mar 17, 202003/17/20Welcome to the v0.10 release of the Windows Terminal! As always, you can install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or download the package from the GitHub releases page. Let’s dive into what’s new!
Mouse Input
The Terminal now supports mouse input in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) applications as well as Windows applications that use virtual terminal (VT) input.
February 13, 2020Feb 13, 202002/13/20The v0.9 release of the Windows Terminal has arrived! This is the last version of the Terminal that will include new features before the v1 release. You can download the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
January 14, 2020Jan 14, 202001/14/20The release of the Windows Terminal preview v0.8 has arrived! You can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let’s jump into what’s new!
Search
Search functionality has been added to the Terminal! The default key binding to invoke the search dropdown is {“command”: “find”,
December 18, 2019Dec 18, 201912/18/19What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! Let’s take a look at everything that has happened and where we’re going from here.
Announcement at Microsoft Build
On May 6th of this year, the Windows Terminal was announced at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle,
November 26, 2019Nov 26, 201911/26/19Another release is out for the Windows Terminal preview! This release is labeled as v0.7 in the About section of the Terminal. As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store and from the GitHub releases page. Here’s what’s new in this release:
Windows Terminal Updates
Panes
You are now able to split your Terminal window into multiple panes!
October 23, 2019Oct 23, 201910/23/19Another update to the Windows Terminal has just been released! As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store, the Microsoft Store for Business, and GitHub.
👉 Note: In the About popup within the Terminal, this version will appear as v0.6.
October 4, 2019Oct 4, 201910/4/19Cascadia Code has received a major update with some new characters! You can download the latest version of the font from the GitHub releases page and it is also shipped in the latest update of the Windows Terminal.
👉 Note: The Terminal will use its shipped version over the separately installed version from GitHub,
September 24, 2019Sep 24, 201909/24/19Welcome back to another release of the Windows Terminal! We have switched to the Windows version syntax, so this is the September 2019 release (1909). As always, you can download the latest release of the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
September 18, 2019Sep 18, 201909/18/19Cascadia Code is finally here! You can install it directly from the GitHub repository’s releases page or automatically receive it in the next update of Windows Terminal.
Wait, what’s Cascadia Code?
Cascadia Code was announced this past May at Microsoft’s Build event.
August 27, 2019Aug 27, 201908/27/19The time has come for another update to the Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 is now available in the Microsoft Store and on GitHub!
And for those interested in more detail, please review the Terminal v0.4 release notes.
Settings Updates
Profiles.json is Now in LocalState
The profiles.json file has been moved from the RoamingState folder to the LocalState folder.
Windows Server
June 27, 2018Jun 27, 201806/27/18Welcome to the second post in this “Windows Command-Line” series. In this post we’ll discuss some of the background & history behind the Windows Command-Line. Specifically, we’ll explore its humble origins in MS-DOS, to its modern-day incarnation supporting tools like PowerShell and Windows Subsystem for Linux.
December 19, 2017Dec 19, 201712/19/17Introduction:
Beginning in Insider Build 17063, you’ll be able to use the unix socket (AF_UNIX) address family on Windows to communicate between Win32 processes. Unix sockets allow inter-process communication (IPC) between processes on the same machine.
Overview:
Support for the unix socket has existed both in BSD and Linux for the longest time,
August 8, 2017Aug 8, 201708/8/17We are very excited to announce that Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now available on Windows Server!
Using WSL, Windows Server administrators, devops engineers, developers, etc., will be able to run their favorite Linux tools, apps, and scripts, alongside their favorite Windows admin tools.
Windows Store
March 17, 2020Mar 17, 202003/17/20Welcome to the v0.10 release of the Windows Terminal! As always, you can install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or download the package from the GitHub releases page. Let’s dive into what’s new!
Mouse Input
The Terminal now supports mouse input in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) applications as well as Windows applications that use virtual terminal (VT) input.
February 13, 2020Feb 13, 202002/13/20The v0.9 release of the Windows Terminal has arrived! This is the last version of the Terminal that will include new features before the v1 release. You can download the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
January 14, 2020Jan 14, 202001/14/20The release of the Windows Terminal preview v0.8 has arrived! You can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let’s jump into what’s new!
Search
Search functionality has been added to the Terminal! The default key binding to invoke the search dropdown is {“command”: “find”,
December 18, 2019Dec 18, 201912/18/19What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! Let’s take a look at everything that has happened and where we’re going from here.
Announcement at Microsoft Build
On May 6th of this year, the Windows Terminal was announced at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle,
November 26, 2019Nov 26, 201911/26/19Another release is out for the Windows Terminal preview! This release is labeled as v0.7 in the About section of the Terminal. As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store and from the GitHub releases page. Here’s what’s new in this release:
Windows Terminal Updates
Panes
You are now able to split your Terminal window into multiple panes!
October 23, 2019Oct 23, 201910/23/19Another update to the Windows Terminal has just been released! As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store, the Microsoft Store for Business, and GitHub.
👉 Note: In the About popup within the Terminal, this version will appear as v0.6.
September 24, 2019Sep 24, 201909/24/19Welcome back to another release of the Windows Terminal! We have switched to the Windows version syntax, so this is the September 2019 release (1909). As always, you can download the latest release of the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
August 27, 2019Aug 27, 201908/27/19The time has come for another update to the Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 is now available in the Microsoft Store and on GitHub!
And for those interested in more detail, please review the Terminal v0.4 release notes.
Settings Updates
Profiles.json is Now in LocalState
The profiles.json file has been moved from the RoamingState folder to the LocalState folder.
August 2, 2019Aug 2, 201908/2/19Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 has been published to the Microsoft Store! If you have previously installed the Terminal from the Store, you will receive this update automatically.
If you’ve not yet installed Terminal from the Microsoft Store, now would be a great time because it contains some MAJOR improvements and updates!
August 2, 2019Aug 2, 201908/2/19The Windows Terminal can now connect you to the Azure Cloud Shell!
We have a new default profile – the Azure Cloud Shell, which will allow you to access your Azure directories/tenants through the Windows Terminal app itself.
If you already have Windows Terminal installed
Your settings will not automatically update with the new default profile (since the file does not regenerate every time you open up Windows Terminal),
Windows Terminal
March 17, 2020Mar 17, 202003/17/20Welcome to the v0.10 release of the Windows Terminal! As always, you can install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or download the package from the GitHub releases page. Let’s dive into what’s new!
Mouse Input
The Terminal now supports mouse input in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) applications as well as Windows applications that use virtual terminal (VT) input.
February 13, 2020Feb 13, 202002/13/20The v0.9 release of the Windows Terminal has arrived! This is the last version of the Terminal that will include new features before the v1 release. You can download the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
January 14, 2020Jan 14, 202001/14/20The release of the Windows Terminal preview v0.8 has arrived! You can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let’s jump into what’s new!
Search
Search functionality has been added to the Terminal! The default key binding to invoke the search dropdown is {“command”: “find”,
December 18, 2019Dec 18, 201912/18/19What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! Let’s take a look at everything that has happened and where we’re going from here.
Announcement at Microsoft Build
On May 6th of this year, the Windows Terminal was announced at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle,
November 26, 2019Nov 26, 201911/26/19Another release is out for the Windows Terminal preview! This release is labeled as v0.7 in the About section of the Terminal. As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store and from the GitHub releases page. Here’s what’s new in this release:
Windows Terminal Updates
Panes
You are now able to split your Terminal window into multiple panes!
October 23, 2019Oct 23, 201910/23/19Another update to the Windows Terminal has just been released! As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store, the Microsoft Store for Business, and GitHub.
👉 Note: In the About popup within the Terminal, this version will appear as v0.6.
October 4, 2019Oct 4, 201910/4/19Cascadia Code has received a major update with some new characters! You can download the latest version of the font from the GitHub releases page and it is also shipped in the latest update of the Windows Terminal.
👉 Note: The Terminal will use its shipped version over the separately installed version from GitHub,
September 26, 2019Sep 26, 201909/26/19A common question Windows developers have is “why doesn’t Windows have <INSERT FAVORITE LINUX COMMAND HERE> yet?”. Whether longing for a powerful pager like less or wanting to use familiar commands like grep or sed, Windows developers desire easy access to these commands as part of their core workflow.
September 24, 2019Sep 24, 201909/24/19Welcome back to another release of the Windows Terminal! We have switched to the Windows version syntax, so this is the September 2019 release (1909). As always, you can download the latest release of the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page.
September 18, 2019Sep 18, 201909/18/19Cascadia Code is finally here! You can install it directly from the GitHub repository’s releases page or automatically receive it in the next update of Windows Terminal.
Wait, what’s Cascadia Code?
Cascadia Code was announced this past May at Microsoft’s Build event.
