These limitations led us to create the new Windows Terminal. However, because the Console's primary goal is to maintain backward compatibility, we've been unable to add many of the features the community has been asking for, and which we've been wanting to add for the last several years-like tabs!

Since assuming ownership of the Windows command-line in 2014, the team has added several new features to the Console, including window transparency, line-based selection, support for ANSI / Virtual Terminal sequences, 24-bit color, a Pseudoconsole ('ConPTY'), and more. The console host code in this repository is the actual source from which the conhost.exe in Windows itself is built.Ĭonsole's primary goal is to remain backwards-compatible with existing console subsystem applications. It implements Windows' command-line infrastructure, and is responsible for hosting the Windows Console API, input engine, rendering engine, and user preferences. The Windows console host, conhost.exe, is Windows' original command-line user experience. The Terminal will also need to meet our goals and measures to ensure it remains fast, and efficient, and doesn't consume vast amounts of memory or power. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability, theming & styling, and more.

Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users.

Windows terminal app