Contour Terminal

Contour Terminal Emulator is a sophisticated terminal application available across multiple operating systems. Installation is straightforward through your platform's preferred package manager or by building from source.

Installation Methods:

• Windows 10+: Download the .msi installer from the official releases page and double-click to install
• macOS: Use Homebrew with brew install contour for quick setup
• Fedora Linux: Install via DNF with sudo dnf install contour-terminal
• Arch Linux: Use Pacman with sudo pacman -S contour
• Ubuntu Linux: Download .deb files and install with sudo dpkg -i command
• Flatpak: Available through Flathub for containerized installation

Building from Source:

For advanced users, Contour supports compilation on UNIX-like systems (Linux, FreeBSD, macOS) and Windows 10+. The process uses CMake presets for streamlined builds. On UNIX systems, run the dependency installation script, then compile using preset commands like cmake --preset clang-release. Windows builds require Visual Studio 2019, vcpkg, and Qt6 setup. The source build approach offers customization options and allows installation to custom system paths with proper terminfo file configuration.