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winTerm 1.0.0

winTerm is an independent open-source Windows 11 terminal published by
helloThisWorld. It is based on Microsoft Terminal but is not a Microsoft
product and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft.

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The installer is unsigned. Windows may display Unknown Publisher or a
SmartScreen warning. This is not evidence that the download was modified, but
users should download only from the official GitHub Release and verify its
SHA-256 checksum. Do not permanently disable Windows security features.

Highlights

  • Directed Top, Bottom, Left, and Right splits relative to the focused pane.
  • Compact pane headers with a dedicated handle, title, focus state, shared pane
    menu, and overflow button.
  • Snap-style docking models for edges, corners, Empty Slots, standalone tabs,
    and new-window destinations.
  • Explicit drag, failure, rollback, ownership, and stale-token cleanup states.
  • Keyboard pane move commands and accessible docking target labels.
  • Workspace Schema 2 persistence for pane, split, corner, and Empty Slot
    layouts with stable IDs.
  • PowerShell, Windows PowerShell, Command Prompt, and dynamic WSL profile
    discovery.
  • App-private themes and programming fonts, diagnostics, multiline-paste
    protection, and portable data mode.

Installation

Run winTerm-1.0.0-setup-x64.exe. The installer supports current-user and
all-users installation, custom paths, Start Menu and optional desktop
shortcuts, upgrade, repair, silent install, and uninstall.

The default current-user path is %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\winTerm. The default
all-users path is C:\Program Files\winTerm. User settings and workspaces are
kept under %LOCALAPPDATA%\winTerm and are preserved during upgrade.

No MSIX certificate, Developer Mode, Visual Studio, Windows SDK,
Add-AppxPackage, or separate runtime installation is required.

Portable mode

Extract the complete Portable ZIP and run winTerm.exe. Its included
portable.marker stores settings, workspaces, snapshots, logs, and update data
under the adjacent data directory. Portable mode requires no administrator
rights and does not register an uninstaller or modify the registry.

Verification

From the directory containing the downloads:

$expected = (Get-Content .\SHA256SUMS.txt |
    Where-Object { $_ -match 'winTerm-1.0.0-setup-x64.exe$' }).Split(' ')[0]
$actual = (Get-FileHash .\winTerm-1.0.0-setup-x64.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLowerInvariant()
if ($actual -cne $expected) { throw 'SHA-256 mismatch.' }

Known limitations

  • The installer does not have a production Authenticode certificate.
  • Cross-process and cross-elevation live pane transfer is unsupported.
  • Move to New Window remains disabled when a live session transfer cannot be
    proven safe.
  • ARM64 artifacts are not published.
  • Live pane-drag UI, Narrator, High Contrast, mixed-DPI, and session-identity
    acceptance scenarios were not completed by the local model-test run. The
    underlying model and native libraries compile, and 65 winTerm-focused unit
    tests passed.

No shell-restart or working-directory-only fallback is presented as a
successful live pane move.

Uninstall

Uninstall winTerm from Windows Settings or the Start Menu shortcut. Uninstall
must not affect Windows Terminal, wt.exe, PowerShell profiles, WSL, global
fonts, or unrelated application data.

Privacy and security

winTerm does not collect command text, terminal output, clipboard content,
workspace contents, working directories, or usage analytics. Crash upload is
off and opt-in. Follow SECURITY.md for private vulnerability reporting.

Credits

winTerm retains the Microsoft Terminal MIT license, copyright notices, and
third-party notices. The pinned upstream revision is
1cea42d433253d95c4487a3037db48197b5e72f4.

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