Terminal

Athas includes a built-in terminal so you can run commands without leaving the editor.

Features

• Multiple Terminals: Create multiple terminal instances
• Shell Selection: Choose bash, zsh, fish, nushell, or PowerShell
• Terminal Persistence: Terminals restore across app restarts
• Search: Use Cmd/Ctrl+F to search terminal output

On Windows, WSL distributions appear as terminal shells. Terminals created from WSL workspaces start in the matching Linux distribution and working directory. See WSL.

Create and Switch

Use the terminal tab bar to:

• Create a new terminal
• Switch between terminals
• Pin a terminal for quick access

Context Menu

Right-click a terminal tab for:

• Pin/Unpin Terminal
• Duplicate Terminal
• Clear Terminal
• Rename Terminal
• Close Terminal

Keyboard Shortcuts

Terminal Management

• Cmd/Ctrl+T - New terminal
• Cmd/Ctrl+W - Close current terminal
• Cmd/Ctrl+K - Clear terminal screen
• Cmd/Ctrl+[ - Previous terminal
• Cmd/Ctrl+] - Next terminal
• Cmd/Ctrl+1-9 - Switch to terminal by number

Terminal Operations

• Cmd/Ctrl+F - Search in terminal
• Cmd/Ctrl++ - Increase font size
• Cmd/Ctrl+- - Decrease font size