A terminal for Windows and macOS: formulas are typeset where a command prints them, files preview beside the prompt, and an agent that is waiting for you says so.
Folio is a terminal for Windows. The LaTeX a command prints is typeset where it was printed, above the next prompt. A file a command names opens in a pane beside the shell, rendered rather than paged: Markdown, images, PDF and, where the WebView2 Runtime is installed, a web page. A tab says so when Claude Code, Codex or Copilot CLI has stopped and is waiting on an answer, so a window left in the background is not read late.
It starts PowerShell 7, Windows PowerShell, WSL, Git Bash and Command Prompt through ConPTY, and draws on the GPU. There is no installer and nothing is written outside the install folder until it is run. That folder is the unit: folio.exe will not start a shell without conpty.dll and OpenConsole.exe beside it, and folio.msix names the same folder as the program it grants an identity to, which is why this package puts its own directory on PATH rather than linking the one file somewhere else. Needs Windows 10 1809 or newer, 64-bit.
0.4.7 is a preview build; folio.exe and folio.msix in it are signed by Weiyi Shi.
Yes. Folio is free and open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 OR MIT license.
What is the latest version of Folio?
The latest version is 0.4.7, released on Oct 8, 2026.
Is it safe to download Folio?
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with a2d48c81b66b474d6e9d4ac010bb48c36712396d140102e579579dca4d609dad.
Which Windows versions does Folio support?
Folio requires Windows 10 version 1809 or later and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.
How do I uninstall Folio?
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Folio and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=WeiyiShi.Folio -e.
Is there a portable version of Folio?
Yes. Folio is available as a portable ZIP archive (folio-0.4.7-windows-x64.zip, 64-bit (x64)) that runs without installation. Copy it to any folder or USB drive and run it from there.
Alternatives to Folio
Other Command Line Tools programs for Windows from different developers.
