MSYS2 is an independent rewrite of MSYS, based on modern Cygwin (POSIX compatibility layer) and MinGW-w64 with the aim of better interoperability with native Windows software.
ConEmu Alternatives
ConEmu is described as 'Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features' and is a very popular terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to ConEmu for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and GNOME apps. The best ConEmu alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ConEmu are Cmder, Tabby, Windows Terminal and PowerShell.
Alternatives list
- 18 MSYS2 alternatives
42 Windows Command Prompt alternativesCommand 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.
74 Tilix alternativesTilix is a tiling terminal emulator which uses the VTE GTK+ 3 widget with the following features:
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107 JuiceSSH alternativesThe all in one terminal client for Android including SSH, Local Shell, Mosh and Telnet support.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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Alerts
- Discontinued
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- Android
- Android Tablet
- mosh
- OpenSSH
JuiceSSH is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to ConEmu.
- JuiceSSH is Free and Proprietary
Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.60 by Simon Tatham and team.
78 ConsoleZ alternativesconsole - This is a modified version of Console 2 for a better experience under Windows Vista/7/8 and a better visual rendering.
Console is a Windows console window enhancement. Console features include: multiple tabs, text editor-like text selection, different background types, alpha and color-key transparency, configurable font, different window styles.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
Rxvt-unicode is a highly customizable terminal emulator forked from rxvt. Commonly known as urxvt, rxvt-unicode can be daemonized to run clients within a single process in order to minimize the use of system resources.
Contour is a modern terminal emulator, for everyday use. It is aiming for power users with a modern feature mindset.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
A terminal emulator for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), includes mintty, wslbridge, cbwin, and some other useful tools.
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