A Windows-oriented version of the popular Guake Terminal for Linux.
A Windows-oriented version of the popular Guake Terminal for Linux.
Check out the original Linux version here: https://github.com/Guake/guake/
Currently, I am rewriting the project for the most part to use a Windows terminal emulator called Cmder, which offers better Git intergration along with a more unix-like experience while still maintaining all the functionality of the original windows command prompt. More information will be available upon completion of the port.
Remember the days when playing Quake (or even as recent as CS:GO) where you pressed a key and the console came up? Wouldn't it be very convenient if Windows did this? Enter WinGuake! WinGuake is a Windows version of the popular Guake Terminal for Linux. It allows you to use the Windows Command Prompt with just a few button presses, and to hide it just as easy!
console.exe
exit
to close the consoleconsole.exe
and place it in shell:startup
To run from source, you need a working version of Python 3.x installed and added to PATH, have psutil installed via pip, have AutoHotKey installed, and the latest version of PyWin32.
After the requirements are met, clone the repository to a safe location (or download as a ZIP):
git clone https://github.com/chand1012/WinGuake.git
Double click Console.ahk and just press Ctrl+Alt+T. Something like this should show up:
To exit, just type exit
into the console. AutoHotKey will run in the background for when you need to bring up the CMD again.
git clone https://github.com/chand1012/WinGuake.git
Ahk2Exe.exe
added to PATHcompile.bat
winguake.exe
to the console
folder, located within dist
exit
twiceCtrl+Alt+T
a second time to close, but another window does pop up for a split second