mintty is a Windows utility that enables you to integrate a terminal interface into the virtual Cygwin environment. Exotic Unicode symbols are fully supported, which is crucial for displaying a wide range of international characters and special command line icons.

Integration

Users can install the application onto the Cygwin and MSYS systems that are intended to run various Unix commands on Windows. This is particularly helpful when working in a development environment that requires Linux utilities.

Mintty is designed to be lightweight and fast. It launches quickly and does not consume a lot of hardware resources during operation. You are able to install the terminal even on a low end computer with a weak processor.

Personalization

It is possible to tweak almost every aspect of the interface. Users can easily change:

Font styles;
Cursor shape;
Background properties and more.

There is support for expanded color ranges, helping you ensure better object contrast or fit specific visual preferences. Additionally, you are able to make the terminal window semi transparent if necessary.

Features

free to download and use;
offers you an emulated terminal for Cygwin and MSYS;
users can execute Unix commands on a Windows desktop;
the visual appearance of the interface may be tweaked to match specific requirements;
it is easy to change the background transparency level;
compatible with all modern versions of Windows.