Windows

Installing on Windows

64-bit Windows 10.0.17763 or later is required to run wakterm; running on earlier versions of Windows is not possible, as wakterm requires Pseudo Console support that was first released in Windows 10.0.17763.

You can download a setup.exe style installer to guide the installation (requires admin privileges) or a simple zip file and manage the files for yourself (no special privileges required).

Windows (setup.exe) Nightly Windows (setup.exe)

wakterm is available in a setup.exe style installer; the installer is produced with Inno Setup and will install wakterm to your program files directory and register that location in your PATH environment. The installer can be run as a GUI to guide you through the install, but also offers the standard Inno Setup command line options to configure/script the installation process.

Windows (zip) Nightly Windows (zip)

wakterm is also available in a simple zip file that can be extracted and run from anywhere, including a flash drive for a portable/relocatable installation.

1. Download Release
2. Extract the zipfile and double-click wakterm.exe to run the UI
3. Configuration instructions can be found here

For winget users

If you prefer to use the command line to manage installing software, then you may wish to try winget. winget is installed as part of the App Installer that is available from the Microsoft Store.

Once you have winget, you can install wakterm like so:

$ winget install wez.wakterm

and to later upgrade it:

$ winget upgrade wez.wakterm

For Scoop users

Another option if you prefer to use the command line to manage installing software, is Scoop.

Wezterm is available from the "Extras" bucket and once you have installed scoop itself can be installed like so:

$ scoop bucket add extras
$ scoop install wakterm

For Chocolatey users

If you prefer to use Chocolatey to manage software, wakterm is available from the Community Repository. It can be installed like so:

$ choco install wakterm -y