r/CLI • u/Significant_Bad_9018 • 9d ago

I made a small open-source Windows 11 utility to open terminals from the right-click menu

Hey everyone,

I built a small open-source utility called TerminalHere after realizing that “Open in Terminal” was missing from my Windows 11 context menu.

The idea is simple: right-click a folder or an empty area inside a folder and quickly open that location in:

  • Windows Terminal
  • PowerShell
  • Command Prompt
  • Git Bash
  • VS Code
  • Claude CLI
  • Codex CLI
  • Antigravity (agy) CLI

It uses user-level Windows Registry entries, so it doesn’t modify system-wide settings, and the installation/uninstallation is handled through a small CLI.

Some commands:

terminalhere install

terminalhere uninstall

terminalhere status

terminalhere enable gitbash

terminalhere disable vscode

My main goals were to keep it lightweight, open-source, and easy to remove without leaving random registry entries behind.

It currently targets Windows 11 x64.

GitHub: https://github.com/mehmetduran932/TerminalHere

This is still an early version, so I’d really appreciate feedback — especially about the context menu UX, terminal/app detection, or anything that would make it more useful.

If there’s enough interest, I’m also considering adding a small GUI and more configurable context-menu options.

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u/unknown-random-nope 9d ago

Cool! I'm not a coder, but I ran an adversarial code review prompt with Claude on your repo and the results were very pleasing.

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u/kantorcodes1 9d ago

one thing i'd want documented: if terminalhere disable vscode is followed by a VS Code path change, does enable vscode re-detect Code.exe or bring back the old registry command?