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Since the Win10 It has been used. Windows Terminal, Yes Windows The command line terminal has been very satisfied , Until recently, I found a treasure of open source software Tabby, Just found a more powerful existence .

A simple comparison Tabby.sh Follow Windows Terminal Similarities and differences ：

1、 Open source and cross platform

Both are open source software , Open source at the following address ：

https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

Windows Terminal( Hereinafter referred to as Terminal) At present, only support in Windows Win10 and Win11 Upper use , Can pass Microsoft Store Download the use .

Tabby Almost full platform support , Can be in Github Of Releases Page Find the binary file suitable for your platform .

2、 appearance

Both of them have high facial values , No matter the color of the form , Or the display of terminal text , They are very durable and eye protective . They also use tabs to manage multiple open terminals , It also supports a variety of terminal types .

3、 Columns

Tabby Support column division in the same tab , This is for one side vim edit , While using the command line to compile the scene , Very suitable ：

and Terminal Although in the options, we also observed hints of the splitting function , But it seems that this function is not available .

4、 Terminal type

stay Windows Next , Both include MinGW gitbash, Powershell, CMD Three conventional terminals ,Tabby Than windows terminal Two more SSH and Serial Port Special terminal types .

5、SSH

Logically speaking , In an ordinary Windows In the command line window , Easy to use ssh Commands can also be opened SSH conversation , However Tabby by SSH Specially designed terminal type , It's very powerful , In a way , It directly replaces what I used to regard as an artifact MobaXTerm This software .

Use SSH The type of dedicated terminal is very simple , Directly enter the domain name you need to log in to in the new session or IP address ,Tabby You can remember and save your login password , Because it's open source software , The source code is checked all over the world , So you don't have to worry about the hidden danger of the back door , Thousands of people all over the world fork Tabby Code for , There must be no back door to reveal your valuable server password .

meanwhile ,Tabby And support GUI The way of SFTP, It was because of the need for such a friendly SFTP To manage files on the server , So always use MobaXTerm, Now I think it can be used Tabby Such a pure terminal tool can handle the file transfer on the server .

6、Serial Port

There must be one partner who engages in embedded programming putty, This is a command line tool that can communicate with serial port . I use it a lot RTOS(RT-Thread) To carry out MCU Development of , Therefore, it is often necessary to use putty With its FinSH Components interact , Like logs (ulog) Output , perhaps FinSH Use of console commands .

Most of the time , I don't like to open a separate putty The form uses the serial port command line , I prefer to use it on the standard command line putty Install under directory plink.exe The tool enters the serial port terminal . Ever since Tabby, This step also becomes simple , We can use it directly Tabby Of Serial Port function .

stay Tabby When creating a new terminal in , It will automatically sense the serial port equipment currently connected to the computer , Like the one above COM11, COM12 and COM15.

Click to select the serial port number ,Tabby Will let you choose the serial port baud rate again , Then open a nice serial port terminal with coloring function , You can see that such log output is very friendly .

You can also use more detailed configuration , Let your Tabby Store some default parameters , Like baud rate , When opening the serial port in this way , You don't have to choose manually every time .

7、 Configuration and synchronization

Windows Terminal and Tabby All have comprehensive configuration capabilities , These configurations cover almost all UI color 、 Hot key 、 Terminal type and other attributes . The complexity of configuration brings a problem , If we use more than 1 platform , Then there is a headache of synchronization configuration .

Face the problem ,Terminal Obviously, it has more innate advantages , Because it is the son of Microsoft , And only in Windows Service on , It can be naturally obtained Mircrosoft Account synchronization . However, its answer to this question is only to provide json Configuration document in format , Users are expected to synchronize their software usage habits by configuring the copy and transmission of documents .

This point ,Tabby The answer is to use the account mechanism to synchronize the configuration files of the whole platform ：

This is quite amazing , I didn't expect such a small command-line terminal tool , It also provides a modern Internet synchronization mechanism . What's amazing is ,Tabby There's even Web edition , You don't even need to download and install at hand Tabby Under the circumstances , Sign in Web edition Tabby, Sync your account , Use your own configuration habits in Web Use the terminal on .

Thanks to the Chrom Powerful local USB Device call capability , We are WEB Version of Tabby You can still access our local serial port on , Let the browser instantly become a powerful serial port debugging assistant , It's amazing .

8、 Conclusion

Tabby There are more refreshing features , For example, asset protection 、Windows ConPTY、 And plug-in mechanism , You can try it yourself , No more introduction here .

This paper compares Terminal and Tabby The similarities and differences between the two , In the end, it seems to have become Tabby Personal performance , exactly , Such an excellent open source work is definitely designed with heart , It is better than similar software in all dimensions . Daily use is inseparable from the partners of the terminal , Be sure to try , I believe there will be a small increase in productivity .

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