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Windows Terminal is now the Default in Windows 11

October 18, 2022 Oct 18, 2022 10/18/22

The day has finally come! Windows Terminal is now the default command line experience on Windows 11 22H2! 🎉 This means that all command line applications will now automatically open in Windows Terminal. This blog post will go into how this setting is enabled, the journey of Windows Terminal along with its fan-favorite features, as well as ...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.16 Release

September 13, 2022 Sep 13, 2022 09/13/22

Kayla Cinnamon

The Windows Terminal team is back with another release for you! This release introduces version 1.16 to Windows Terminal Preview and updates Windows Terminal to version 1.15 with these new features. As always, you can install Windows Terminal and Windows Terminal Preview from the Microsoft Store, from the GitHub releases page, or by using ...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.15 Release

July 6, 2022 Jul 6, 2022 07/6/22

Kayla Cinnamon

Welcome back to another Windows Terminal release! This release updates Windows Terminal to version 1.14 and includes all of the features from this previous blog post. Additionally, Windows Terminal Preview is getting an update to version 1.15 and will include all the features detailed here. As always, you can install Windows Terminal and ...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.14 Release

May 24, 2022 May 24, 2022 05/24/22

Kayla Cinnamon

It's Microsoft Build! We have a Windows Terminal Preview release for you focused on fixing bugs and improving quality. This release also migrates Windows Terminal to version 1.13, which contains the new features defined in this previous blog post. As always, you can install Windows Terminal Preview and Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store...

Case Study: How many colors are too many colors for Windows Terminal?

May 4, 2022 May 4, 2022 05/4/22

lhecker

A group of users were trying to implement a simple, terminal-based video game and found the performance under Windows Terminal to be entirely unsuitable for such a task. The performance issue could be replicated by repeatedly drawing a "rainbow" and measuring how many frames per second (FPS) we can achieve. The one below has 20 distinct colors...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.13 Release

February 3, 2022 Feb 3, 2022 02/3/22

Kayla Cinnamon

Welcome to the first Windows Terminal release of 2022! This release will add the new features below to Windows Terminal Preview 1.13 and migrate Windows Terminal to version 1.12, which includes all of the features from this previous blog post. The Windows Terminal 1.12 build will be released through the Windows Insider Program before being ...

Windows Wednesday

December 17, 2021 Dec 17, 2021 12/17/21

Kayla Cinnamon

Hey everyone! We have an exciting new web show planned to launch next year called Windows Wednesday that we'd love to tell you more about. 🙂What is Windows Wednesday?Windows Wednesday is a weekly 30-minute live web show where we'll talk about anything related to Windows. We'll invite subject matter experts to talk about their tools ...

Windows Terminal as your Default Command Line Experience

December 14, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 12/14/21

Kayla Cinnamon

Hey Windows Terminal fans! This month we are delivering a servicing release and the next feature release is scheduled for January, so we figured we'd write a blog post discussing Windows Terminal as the default command line experience on Windows and what our future plans are.What is a default terminal?A default terminal is the terminal ...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.12 Release

October 20, 2021 Oct 20, 2021 10/20/21

Kayla Cinnamon

Windows Terminal Preview 1.12 is here and it's HUGE! This release adds the new features below to Windows Terminal Preview 1.12 and adds the features from this previous blog post to Windows Terminal 1.11. Windows Terminal 1.11 will also be receiving the Defaults page in the settings UI along with the default terminal functionality. You can ...