How to Install Tabby on Windows 10

Tabby is a free and open-source tabbed terminal emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Tabby on Windows 10.

Prerequisites

Before we start the installation process, you need to make sure that your Windows 10 system meets the following requirements:

• Windows 10 version 1803 or later
• PowerShell 7 or later
• Git

Steps to Install Tabby on Windows 10

1. Open PowerShell

To open PowerShell, click on the Start menu, type "PowerShell," and select the "Windows PowerShell" app.

2. Install Chocolatey

Chocolatey is a package manager that can be used to install Tabby on your Windows 10 system. To install Chocolatey, copy and paste the following command into PowerShell and press enter:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::
SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

3. Install Git

To install Git, copy and paste the following command into PowerShell and press enter:

choco install git -y

4. Clone Tabby

To clone Tabby from the Github repository, copy and paste the following command into PowerShell and press enter:

git clone https://github.com/bertvandepoel/tabby.git

5. Install Tabby

To install Tabby, navigate to the cloned Tabby directory using the following command:

cd .\tabby\

Then, run the following command to install Tabby:

.\bin\install.ps1

6. Launch Tabby

To launch Tabby, navigate to the Tabby directory and run the following command:

.\bin\tabby.ps1

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Tabby on your Windows 10 system!

Conclusion

Tabby is a lightweight and customizable terminal emulator that can provide an improved terminal experience for Windows users. By following the steps in this tutorial, you should now be able to install Tabby on your Windows 10 system and take advantage of its many features.