mintty
The Cygwin Terminal – terminal emulator for Cygwin, MSYS, and WSL observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
91/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 75
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 90
- age_days: 4108
- days_rel: 86
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 8
Adoption not part of the score
1779 stars · 199 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Mintty is a lightweight terminal emulator for Windows, originally built for Cygwin/MSYS2 and also usable with WSL via the wsltty packaging. It provides xterm-compatible emulation with extensive Unicode, color, font, and graphics (Sixel/ReGIS) support.
Use cases
- run a Linux shell on Windows via WSL with a proper terminal
- terminal emulator for Cygwin or MSYS2
- xterm-compatible terminal with true color and emoji support
- open WSL terminals from Explorer context menu
- display Sixel or ReGIS graphics in the terminal
- bidirectional text and Arabic shaping in a terminal
When to choose
- you want a fast, native Windows terminal for Cygwin, MSYS2, or WSL
- you need strong Unicode, bidi, emoji, and terminal graphics support
- you prefer a lightweight single-window terminal over Windows Terminal
When to avoid
- you want a GPU-accelerated terminal with tabs and panes like Windows Terminal or Alacritty
- you need a terminal on Linux or macOS
- you rely on conpty features that require patching Windows conhost
Facets
application · maturity active
terminal-ui developer-tools cli developer-tools windows windows cli terminal-emulator wsl cygwin msys2 xterm-compatible unicode sixel-graphics command-line desktop
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/mintty/mintty · fetched 2026-08-28 · b82a9efdddfe
- homepage: http://mintty.github.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6fe9640134fe
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mintty/mintty | main | 91 |
| mintty/wsltty | plugin | 50 |
For agents
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