PowerToys VS Windows Terminal

Compare PowerToys vs Windows Terminal and see what are their differences.

Windows Terminal

The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place! (by microsoft)
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PowerToys Windows Terminal
713 506
103,367 93,149
1.5% 0.9%
9.8 9.7
2 days ago 1 day ago
C# C++
MIT License MIT License
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

PowerToys

Posts with mentions or reviews of PowerToys. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-20.

Windows Terminal

Posts with mentions or reviews of Windows Terminal. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-12.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PowerToys and Windows Terminal you can also consider the following projects:

Wox - A cross-platform launcher that simply works

AutoHotkey - AutoHotkey - macro-creation and automation-oriented scripting utility for Windows.

Tabby - A terminal for a more modern age

sharpkeys - SharpKeys is a utility that manages a Registry key that allows Windows to remap one key to any other key.

Flow.Launcher - :mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins

cmder - Lovely console emulator package for Windows

Fluent-Search - Official repository for Fluent Search, use to report issues or ask for a new feature

sixel-tmux - sixel-tmux is a fork of tmux, with just one goal: having the most reliable support of graphics

T-Clock - Highly configurable Windows taskbar clock

QuickLook - Bring macOS “Quick Look” feature to Windows

PowerShell - PowerShell for every system!

starship - ☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!