HyperACCESS vs mintty
HyperACCESS
hilgraeve.commintty
mintty.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | HyperACCESS | mintty |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $169.99/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Terminal Emulators | 8.3 (#12) | 8.2 (#17) |
| Spec score · Terminal apps | 7.7 (#35) | 7.9 (#27) |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Integrations | The technical specifications list ActiveX Scripting, OLE Automation, and integration with Microsoft Office applications. | Mintty is installed as the default Cygwin Terminal, comes with MSYS2, and is installed by default in Git for Windows as Git Bash. |
| Scripting API | Yes | Yes |
| SSH support | Yes | No |
| Support | The product page describes HyperACCESS as still being developed, supported, and sold by its original authors. | The project directs bug reports and enhancement suggestions to its GitHub issue tracker and general Cygwin questions to the Cygwin mailing list. |
| Supported platforms | Windows | Windows |
Plans
HyperACCESS
- HyperACCESS$169.99 a month
- HyperACCESS$169.99, paid once
- HyperACCESS 9.1$169.99, paid once
In their own words
HyperACCESS
HyperACCESS has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
mintty
mintty is a free Windows terminal emulator for Cygwin, MSYS, MSYS2, related projects, and WSL. It provides xterm-compatible emulation and DEC terminal screen controls, with 256 colours, True Colour, Unicode, bidirectional text, emoji, Arabic shaping, image display, Sixel, ReGIS, and Tektronix 4014 graphics emulation. Input features include configurable shortcuts, Unicode composition, AltGr, Windows IME, mouse modes, selection, copy and paste, drag and drop, and Ctrl-click opening of files or URLs. Window features include virtual tabs, session switching, fullscreen, transparency, multiple monitors, and high DPI. Options can be supplied on the command line or in a text configuration file, without registry entries. mintty is the default Cygwin Terminal, installed by default in MSYS2, included with Git for Windows as Git Bash, and able to host WSL. It omits PuTTY networking functionality; the project points to OpenSSH and inetutils packages instead. The listed latest release is 3.8.3.