Developer Review of Warp for Windows, an AI Terminal App

Although I have been using the Warp terminal on my MacBook for some time, there has always been a problem: it has never had a Windows version.

Although most of the technologies today are based on Linux, there are still many Windows devices and services, which means that most software developers should be ready to work with Windows. If you work in the industry sectors, this is entirely inevitable. As a game developer, for example, the PC remains a dominant platform.

So I always wanted to have a terminal that can be used anywhere. Finally, Warp for Windows emerged. And although it is not yet entirely ready for prime time, it already offers the power of the modern Warp publishing in Windows.

My Windows Development Machine is an old AMD Phenom II processor box running Windows 10. Microsoft proudly tells me that the machine is too old to run Windows 11, it will soon be good for the scrap metal heap. But this manages all my development tools with pleasure. Until today, he could not execute Warp, however, due to a well -known problem with the old chip (SSE4.1 compatibility). But I expected it to work – after all, my machine also manages Fortnite.

The other problem with Windows is that the original control shell (CMD) is not supported by Warp, because it is too primitive to integrate. But before entering it, let’s start Warp for Windows.

You no longer need to connect. I have already praised the fact that Warp is managed as a business, but the connection had made a lot of people. If you unreservedly attribute this activity to this activity, you were probably not anyway not aligned on the WARP project. But now, only a few extensive tasks require connection.

We open a tab to start a session, then choose the shell to use. You can see that Warp recognizes both PowerShell and my installed preference, which is the Git Bash shell. The Shell Git Bash is a favorite with developers because it allows appropriate integration of UNIX type controls to use with Git. Unfortunately, this shell did not work for me, but it has for others and is fully supported by the team. On more recent machines, you can also use the Windows subsystem for Linux (WSL) in Warp.

Most developers have not learned a lot of PowerShell because it is quite dark and ugly. However, he has some unix alias, which is good. This brings us to the way Warp uses AI. Like most developers, I have reservations on the use of models of large languages ​​(LLM), but they are quite useful in the world of operating systems filled with flag. Let’s see how it works.

For most Windows users, the possibility of using chain blocks that envelop commands and responses and allow full editing will be the greatest pleasure. For example, if I just type tree In a root repertoire, it puts the value of 38 seconds of long response in a block, but does not make the whole shell unusable:

I always think that Warp went so all with AI, but in this example, I wanted to do a little more with treeSo I used an prompt to speak in the LLM cat style:

It is a slightly false question, as tree Already displays directories but does not print them. Note how the LLM (Claude Sonnet in this case) Reads with himself on what he could do and shows an answer that I could use. I can then execute it, if I wish:

In fact, after having executed this, he continued to correct himself and used a PowerShell script to do exactly what I asked, even if I think he lacked tokens while doing. Then I could come back to this block and apply the controls by right -clicking:

So I can look for using “find in block” and in this example, I am just looking for the “time” sequence:

All of this was useful because I did not want to learn PowerShell. But Warp offers much simpler advantages – such as suggested supplements. In this example, I wrongly call help, and Warp suggests what I really need:

Likewise, while the typing directories, Warp intervenes intelligently to suggest the available alternatives:

These are the relatively simple things that a control shell should have always provided, and this chain finally gives us.

As I mentioned when I look at Ghostty, control of sessions with tabs is a major boon, and it works as it does on my MacBook. For example, this is a right click to rename or apply colors to tabs:

(Yes, this file is 2012)

Drive and workflows I have already covered, but these are time investments in the chain system that could be very worth it. These effectively allow you to appoint and store configured commands and share them through a team. For example, sharing the same Git statements in a team is a good idea:

This installation probably makes sense to DevOps, when a number of team members of various skill levels must execute orders on a certain number of systems.

Unfortunately, there are many configurations that count like a Windows PC, and it will take more time to the Warp team to apply its expertise in full engineering to this new old world. But given what they have already produced, I am convinced that Warp will successfully broadcast its advantages over the entire Windows platform soon.