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Folio

A terminal for Windows and macOS: formulas are typeset where a command prints them, files preview beside the prompt, and a tab says so when a program in it stops to wait for an answer.

Completely free
Windows and macOS
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: Apache-2.0 / MIT — Open source (permissive)confirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows and macOSEstablished by macOS: GitHub · Windows: GitHub, Winget
Publisher: Weiyi Shi
Latest version: 0.4.8
Latest activity: 9 November 2026
Source code: github.com/lulu-loopp/folio-terminal

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository and in its Winget manifest: Markdown support.

File formats mentioned: PDF and ZIP.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“A file a command names opens in a pane beside the shell, rendered rather than paged: Markdown, images, PDF and, where the” — Winget, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Folio is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (Apache-2.0 / MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

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