Console AlternativesShells and other similar apps like Console

Console is described as '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' and is a popular Shell in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Console for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Electron and BSD apps. The best Console alternative is Tabby, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Console are Windows Terminal, ConEmu, PowerShell and Cmder.

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  1. Tabby icon
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    Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.

    101 Tabby alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • UA flagUkraine

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Support for SFTP
    4.  Multiple Servers
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Electron based
    7.  Portable
    8.  Serial-port
    9.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Ad-free
    12.  Tabbed interface

    Tabby VS Console

     
    • Tabby is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Console.

    • Tabby is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Console.

    • Tabby is Free and Open SourceConsole is also Free and Open Source
    • Tabby is CustomizableConsole is not according to our users
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    Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...

    100 Windows Terminal alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Multiple shells
    3.  WSL integreation
    4.  Background transparency
    5.  Configured in JSON
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    8.  Multiple window layouts
    9.  Multi-tabs
    10.  Support for scripting
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Ad-free

    Windows Terminal VS Console

     
  3. ConEmu icon
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    Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.

    58 ConEmu alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • UA flagUkraine

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Shell integration
    3.  Quake-style
    4.  ANSI color support
    5.  Split-screen view
    6.  Multi-tabs
    7.  Portable
    8.  Multiple window layouts
    9.  Command line interface
    10.  Support environment variables
    11.  Remote Debugging
    12.  Kubernetes

    ConEmu VS Console

     
  4. 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.

    66 PowerShell alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  PowerShell Scripting
    3.  Optimized for Windows
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    6.  Autocompletion

    PowerShell VS Console

     
  5. Cmder icon
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    Cmder is an open-source replacement for the Windows command-line. It relies on ConEmu , extending it with the power of clink and some great looking defaults including a Monokai color scheme and custom prompt...

    39 Cmder alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • clink
    • ConEmu
    • Windows Command Prompt
    • PowerShell

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Command line/bash
    3.  Portable
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  ANSI color support
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Autocompletion
    8. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    9.  Command line interface
    10.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    11.  Built-in SSH client

    Cmder VS Console

     
  6. KiTTY icon
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    KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.

    93 KiTTY alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Session Management
    3.  Portable
    4.  SSH Tunnel
    5.  Auto-login
    6.  Multiple Browser Tabs
    7.  Command line interface
    8.  VPS
    9.  Auto-saving
    10.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    11.  Built-in editor

    KiTTY VS Console

     
  7. Yakuake icon
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    Yakuake is a drop-down (Quake-style) terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again.

    40 Yakuake alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Dropdown terminal
    2.  Make window transparent
    3.  Split tabs
    4.  KDE
    5.  Tabbed interface
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Quake-style
    9.  Built-in search engine

    Yakuake VS Console

     
  8. Hyper icon
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    Hyper™ is a beautiful and extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards. It provides an elegant command-line experience that is consistent across all supported platforms which includes macOS, Windows and various Linux distributions like Fedora and Debian.

    94 Hyper alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Clean design
    3.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Electron based
    4.  Split-screen view
    5.  Tiling Panes
    6.  Uses Packages
    7.  Plugin API
    8.  Divisible
    9.  Skinnable

    Hyper VS Console

     
  9. WindTerm icon
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    A professional SSH/Telnet/Serial/Shell/Sftp client for DevOps.

    58 WindTerm alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for SFTP
    2.  SSH
    3.  Portable
    4.  X server
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Command palette
    7.  Cross-Platform
    8.  Outliner

    WindTerm VS Console

     
  10. Terminal icon
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    Terminal (also referred to as Terminal.app) is a terminal emulator included in Apple's Mac OS X operating system. It originated in Mac OS X's predecessors, NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, and allows the user to interact with the computer through a command line interface.

    98 Terminal alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Terminal Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No registration required

    Terminal VS Console

     
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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.

    41 Windows Command Prompt alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Support for scripting

    Windows Command Prompt VS Console

     
  12. Termora icon
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    Termora is developed using Kotlin/JVM and partially implements the XTerm protocol (with ongoing improvements). Its ultimate vision is to achieve full platform support (including Android, iOS, and iPadOS) through Kotlin Multiplatform.

    53 Termora alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Portable
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  SSH
    9.  Gist support
    10.  Port Forwarding
    11.  Support for SFTP
    12.  WebDAV Sync

    Termora VS Console

     
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