Colorconsole Alternatives

Colorconsole is described as 'ColorConsole brings a little color to your black and white world of Windows console' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are six alternatives to Colorconsole for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best Colorconsole alternative is PowerShell, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Colorconsole are Windows Command Prompt, win-bash, Take Command and CMD++.

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ColorConsole brings a little color to your black and white world of Windows console .

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Colorconsole alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
  1. PowerShell icon
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    PowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework.

    65 PowerShell alternatives
    PowerShell screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    PowerShell Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  PowerShell Scripting
    3.  Optimized for Windows
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Autocompletion
    PowerShell iconColorconsole Icon

    PowerShell VS Colorconsole

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    • PowerShell is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Colorconsole.

    • PowerShell is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Colorconsole.

    • PowerShell is Free and Open SourceColorconsole is Free and Proprietary
  2. Windows Command Prompt icon
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    Command Prompt, also known as cmd.exe or cmd (after its executable file name), is the command-line interpreter on Windows NT, Windows CE, OS/2 and eComStation operating systems. It is the counterpart of COMMAND.

    40 Windows Command Prompt alternatives
    A picture of cmd, with the name blacked out.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Windows Command Prompt Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    Windows Command Prompt iconColorconsole Icon

    Windows Command Prompt VS Colorconsole

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  3. win-bash icon
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    win-bash is a Windows port of the famous GNU bash (see GNU Bash homepage).

    The goal of the win-bash project is to finish the port to Windows and provide a full functional bash.exe binary for windows nt and derived systems. win-bash can be used as a input shell as well as an inte.

    37 win-bash alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    win-bash Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Interpreter
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed since 2016. Last version, 1.1, released in March 2011, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

    win-bash iconColorconsole Icon

    win-bash VS Colorconsole

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  4. Take Command icon
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    The most powerful Windows console command line tools and batch scripting solution available. Create batch file commands and Windows batch files that you can use every day - for everything from launching applications to serious file management and scripting.

    17 Take Command alternatives
    Take Command screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Take Command Features

    1.  Command line interface
    Take Command iconColorconsole Icon

    Take Command VS Colorconsole

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    • Take Command is the most popular commercial alternative to Colorconsole.

    • Take Command is Paid and ProprietaryColorconsole is Free and Proprietary
  5. CMD++ icon
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    CMD++ is a command line program, which was devoloped as alternative to the Windows (R) console. You can use it at public places (eg. at school) when the native console is locked but you do need to run a program in the console (eg. to type arguments).

    28 CMD++ alternatives
    CMD++ screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    last release in 2009 per sourceforge. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/cmdpp/files/

    CMD++ iconColorconsole Icon

    CMD++ VS Colorconsole

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  6. Gregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE) icon
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    GS.EXE (Gregs DOS Shell) is an alternative DOS shell, with improved editing features, command history, and support for glass.

    5 Gregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE) alternatives
    Gregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE) screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Gregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE) iconColorconsole Icon

    Gregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE) VS Colorconsole

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