1. Project Overview

ModengTerm - A Simple Yet Powerful Terminal Emulator

ModengTerm is a terminal emulator developed with WPF. It offers powerful features similar to XShell while being open source and free to use. Its ultimate goal is to serve as a free alternative to XShell, providing users with a free, secure, and reliable virtual terminal application.
ModengTerm handles many operations, including terminal sequence parsing, text rendering, cursor rendering, text selection, and scrolling through history. As a result, it offers a high degree of customization, but its codebase is also relatively complex.

2. Open Source License

Licensed under GPL-3.0

3. Screenshots

Software Interface

Main interface

Session List

Create New Session

4. Feature Overview

Function List

• Supports interaction with SSH servers, serial ports, and the Windows command line.

• Save session information for convenient login next time.

• Export terminal content in TXT and HTML formats.

• Search history using keywords or regular expressions.

• Synchronized Input

• History record

• Highly Customizable Color Themes

• Real-Time Log Recording

5. Tech Stack

ModengTerm is a terminal emulator developed with WPF. It offers powerful features similar to XShell while being open source and free to use. Its ultimate goal is to serve as a free alternative to XShell, providing users with a free, secure, and reliable virtual terminal application.
ModengTerm handles many operations, including terminal sequence parsing, text rendering, cursor rendering, text selection, and scrolling through history. As a result, it offers a high degree of customization, but its codebase is also relatively complex.

Cross-Platform Support

Currently, ModengTerm runs only on Windows. A Mac version is planned for the future.

WPF is Microsoft's next-generation graphics system. It runs on .NET Framework 3.0 and later, providing a unified way to describe and operate user interfaces, 2D/3D graphics, documents, and media. Based on DirectX 9/10 technology, WPF not only introduces unprecedented 3D interfaces but also significantly improves traditional 2D interfaces through its vector graphics rendering engine. Features such as translucent windows in Windows Vista are also made possible by WPF. With WPF, developers can now create visually stunning interfaces comparable to Mac applications, a goal that was once difficult to achieve.

Compared with traditional Windows client development, WPF represents a major step forward. It provides an extensive .NET UI framework that integrates vector graphics, rich flow text support, 3D visual effects, and an exceptionally powerful control model framework.