Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. 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. In this article, we go over three ways to open Terminal on your Windows computer, as well as how to download Terminal if you don't have it, and what the differences are between Terminal , PowerShell, and Command Prompt. Read on to learn more. Terminal (formally Windows Terminal ) is now the default command-line tool in Windows 11. It brings together Command Prompt, PowerShell, and even tools like the WSL shell in one place. Terminal is a tool from Microsoft, built for Windows 11 and Windows 10, that merges Command Prompt, PowerShell, WSL, and other tools into one.

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