Shell profiles

Splitterm lists the shells installed on your computer. On Windows:

• PowerShell 7
• Windows PowerShell
• Command Prompt
• Git Bash, when Git for Windows is installed
• Each WSL distribution

With no default set, + opens PowerShell 7 when it is installed, then Windows PowerShell, then Command Prompt. On macOS and Linux it lists your login shell and the others in /etc/shells.

The ▾ menu next to + lists Claude, Claude in a folder, every shell and your profiles, in the same order as the empty Terminals view. Star one to make it what + opens. The same choice is New terminal opens in Settings > Profiles.

A profile is a named launcher: a base shell, a start folder, and startup commands that run once the shell is ready, for example starting a tool. A profile can also have restore commands, which run instead when the terminal comes back with your restored session. Left blank, the start folder is the folder of the tab it opens in.

Each command is a single line, with up to 20 in each list. Create and edit profiles in Settings > Profiles.

Claude is a built-in profile pinned to the top of the ▾ menu. It opens your chosen shell and runs claude, and Claude in a folder asks for a folder first. It cannot be deleted, and in Settings > Profiles you can:

• Change the shell it runs on.
• Replace the startup command, for example with claude --continue.
• Set a different command for restored sessions.
• Give it a start folder of its own.
• Turn off auto-start, to get a bare shell and start Claude yourself.

You can rename a detected shell or give it startup commands, just like a profile. Resetting the edit brings back the built-in exactly.

On Windows, Splitterm offers once to import your Windows Terminal profiles, with the list shown first. Import Windows Terminal profiles, in the command palette, offers it again. Only a profile that starts one of the shells Splitterm found comes over, with its start folder, its emoji and its Dark or Light terminal colours, and never with a command of its own. Splitterm only reads Windows Terminal's settings.

Each terminal shows a status dot in the sidebar: working, Claude working, needs attention, exited and done. Hover a dot to read what it means. Change their colours, animation and wording for everything in Settings > Appearance, or for one profile in Settings > Profiles.