

Even without recording videos, you still want a lightning fast terminal without weird UI bugs because you’re using it every day. It also makes for a really crummy live streaming / coding experience.īut let’s be real now. If my terminal bugs out on video while I’m recording, that means I need to go back and re-record things which isn’t fun. Instead, I just want to list the issues that each of the terminals had which made me eventually stop using them.Ī rock solid terminal without having to compromise on anything is especially important to me because I record technical video courses. If you’re looking for a super in-depth comparison on each of these, then I’m sorry to say, that’s not going to be included in this post. Spoiler alert: it’s the default Ubuntu WSL (update: wsltty) terminal with tmux. I finally found a terminal that hits all of those points and it’s going to be really surprising to some people (I know it surprised me), because it was in the least likely place to look. Easy to search and scroll through the buffer.Easy to change the color theme (and should have a few high quality presets).Supports tabs and split windows / panes.



You can see a video of how I use that new terminal and more in this video. Update in 2020: Now that I’ve switched to WSL 2, I’m using the Microsoft Terminal. Quick Jump: Terminals I Eventually Stopped Using | Changing My Mindset on What to Expect | Going Back to My Roots with tmux | Exploring Light Weight WSL Terminals Updated on September 24th, 2019 in #dev-environment ConEmu vs Hyper vs Terminus vs MobaXTerm Terminator vs Ubuntu WSL About 2 months ago I started using Hyper but after really getting a chance to use it, I found it to be unusable, at least on Windows.
