Windows Terminal
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Jan 10, 2026first mention
Oct 26, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“The Windows Terminal (and no, not what opens running Command Line or Powershell, it is a different application”
network work, Linux useron “I can't believe PowerShell is good”
“I love the new MS Terminal”
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“a great Terminal”
webdev career, uses Windows for workon “WSL 2 is getting faster Windows file system access”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11 1 mention
- I can't believe PowerShell is good 1 mention
- Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly 1 mention
- Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything 1 mention
- WSL 2 is getting faster Windows file system access 1 mention
- You probably don't need Oh My Zsh 1 mention
Data: windows-terminal.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“Open on my desktop right now: Slack, Outlook, Zoom, Windows Terminal, Edge, Claude, Obsidian, whatever the Windows image viewer is called, Cursor, and VS Code”
“The Windows Terminal (and no, not what opens running Command Line or Powershell, it is a different application”
“I love the new MS Terminal”
“Windows terminal is almost OK.”
“a great Terminal”
“I use basic ass vanilla Windows terminal. It’s fine.”