Episode

Windows Terminal's journey to Open Source

with Christopher Nguyen, Dustin Howett

Interested in open-sourcing your project? Join us on a special Open at Microsoft episode where we walk through the history of Windows Terminal and go over the decisions that lead Windows Terminal being an open-source project. We'll go over highlights, lowlights, and some tips on how you can grow your open-source community from zero to hero.

Chapters

  • 00:00 - Introduction
  • 00:52 - How did it start?
  • 02:15 - What it always open-source?
  • 08:00 - Details on the 2019 release
  • 09:32 - Was it difficult to build a community?
  • 11:50 - Managing the Issues and Pull Requests
  • 14:59 - Advice for open-sourcing your projects

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