# FluentTerminal (open-source developer tool)

> FluentTerminal is a free, open-source developer tool for Windows. A Terminal Emulator based on UWP and web technologies. It has 9,601 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at felixse/FluentTerminal.

Project Status: Unmaintained This project is no longer being maintained. Recommendation: Windows Terminal is now a robust, feature-rich terminal application that contains everything I originally set out to achieve with Fluent Terminal, and more. I highly recommend using Windows Terminal as an alternative. Thank you to everyone who supported and contributed to this project!

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/felixse/FluentTerminal |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 9,601 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | C# |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Code editors & developer tools |
| Latest release | 0.7.7.0 (Mar 13, 2022) |
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |

## Install

### Chocolatey (Windows)

```sh
choco install fluent-terminal
```

Package page: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/fluent-terminal

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