Windows Terminal

This page will explain how to install Windows Terminal. You can download Windows Terminal using either winget or by downloading the binary from the GitHub page.

Winget installation

Run this command to install:

winget install --id Microsoft.WindowsTerminal -e

The installation command is also used for updating Windows Terminal.

Manual installation

1. Go to the GitHub releases page.

2. Click on Assets.

3. Download the .msixbundle file.

4. Double click on the .msixbundle file you just downloaded to install.

Configuration

You can navigate to Settings via the tab menu or by pressing Ctrl+, . Here you can make the settings you want for Windows Terminal och you can click on Open JSON file at the bottom left to open the settings.json file.

settings.json example

{
    "$help": "https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation",
    "$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
    "actions": 
    [
        {
            "command": 
            {
                "action": "copy",
                "singleLine": false
            },
            "keys": "ctrl+c"
        },
        {
            "command": "paste",
            "keys": "ctrl+v"
        },
        {
            "command": 
            {
                "action": "splitPane",
                "split": "auto",
                "splitMode": "duplicate"
            },
            "keys": "alt+shift+d"
        },
        {
            "command": "find",
            "keys": "ctrl+shift+f"
        }
    ],
    "copyFormatting": "none",
    "copyOnSelect": false,
    "defaultProfile": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
    "firstWindowPreference": "defaultProfile",
    "newTabMenu": 
    [
        {
            "type": "remainingProfiles"
        }
    ],
    "profiles": 
    {
        "defaults": 
        {
            "colorScheme": "Tango Dark",
            "font": 
            {
                "face": "JetBrainsMonoNL Nerd Font"
            },
            "opacity": 85,
            "useAcrylic": false
        },
        "list": 
        [
            {
                "commandline": "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\cmd.exe",
                "experimental.retroTerminalEffect": false,
                "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
                "hidden": false,
                "icon": "C:\\Users\\<USERNAME>\\Windows Terminal Icons\\icons8-windows-90.png",
                "name": "Command Prompt"
            },
            {
                "background": "#012456",
                "commandline": "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe",
                "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
                "hidden": false,
                "icon": "C:\\Users\\<USERNAME>\\Windows Terminal Icons\\icons8-powershell-100-blue.png",
                "name": "Windows PowerShell"
            },
            {
                "background": "#012456",
                "guid": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
                "hidden": false,
                "icon": "C:\\Users\\<USERNAME>\\Windows Terminal Icons\\icons8-powershell-100-white.png",
                "name": "PowerShell v.7",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore"
            },
            {
                "commandline": "%PROGRAMFILES%/Git/bin/bash.exe -i -l",
                "guid": "{1fc853bf-83b3-4555-9230-8b010466f547}",
                "hidden": false,
                "icon": "C:\\Users\\<USERNAME>\\Windows Terminal Icons\\icons8-git-100-white.png",
                "name": "Git Bash",
                "startingDirectory": "%USERPROFILE%"
            },
            {
                "guid": "{51855cb2-8cce-5362-8f54-464b92b32386}",
                "hidden": false,
                "icon": "C:\\Users\\<USERNAME>\\Windows Terminal Icons\\icons8-ubuntu-96-white.png",
                "name": "Ubuntu",
                "source": "CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu_79rhkp1fndgsc"
            }
        ]
    },
    "schemes": 
    [
        {
            "background": "#022A33",
            "black": "#0C0C0C",
            "blue": "#0037DA",
            "brightBlack": "#767676",
            "brightBlue": "#3B78FF",
            "brightCyan": "#61D6D6",
            "brightGreen": "#16C60C",
            "brightPurple": "#B4009E",
            "brightRed": "#E74856",
            "brightWhite": "#F2F2F2",
            "brightYellow": "#F9F1A5",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#3A96DD",
            "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
            "green": "#13A10E",
            "name": "JB",
            "purple": "#881798",
            "red": "#C50F1F",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#CCCCCC",
            "yellow": "#C19C00"
        }
    ],
    "themes": [],
    "useAcrylicInTabRow": false
}

Download the settings.json example file.

You can set the individual shell icons. In the example config file you see what Icons I suggest, but feel free to download whatever you want.

Download icons.

Starship

You can install Starship to get the most out of Windows Terminal by styling your command prompts with colors, fonts, symbols and more.