Every morning I open my laptop, start the backend, start the frontend, open a db tab, open a git tab. Five minutes gone before I've written a single line of code.
Why I made this
I kept writing the same batch script over and over for different projects. Every time I started something new, I'd copy an old one and mess up the paths. Half the time it wouldn't run because I forgot to escape a backslash somewhere.
So I built something to fix that.
Meet WinTerm Pilot
WinTerm Pilot is a free web tool that builds Windows Terminal launch scripts for you.
You tell it what your dev setup looks like — which folders, which commands, which tabs you need open — and it generates a .bat script you can double-click every morning. One click, everything opens exactly how you like it.
No installation. No account. Just open the site, fill in your setup, download the script, done.
How it works
Go to winterm-pilot.netlify.app.
You'll see a simple builder. Add your tabs — give each one a name, a folder path, and the command to run (like npm run dev or dotnet run). You can set which tab opens first, choose split panes if you want, and pick your shell (PowerShell, CMD, or WSL).
Hit generate. Copy or download the script. Run it.
That's it. Your whole dev environment launches in one go.
Who is this actually for?
If you work on Windows and you:
- Have more than two things running when you code
- Keep forgetting which folder your backend lives in
- Wish your terminal just opened the way you want it
...then this is for you.
Try it
It's free, it runs in your browser, and your data never leaves your machine. If it saves you even two minutes a day, that's over ten hours a year back in your pocket.
Built by a developer who was tired of clicking the same things every morning.