Cygwin Alternatives

Apps similar to Cygwin include Windows Subsystem for Linux, which is free and open source. Other options are MSYS2, BusyBox, MinGW and WindTerm. There's no shortage of Terminal Emulators like Cygwin, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac and Android.

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  1. csshX icon

    csshX

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    csshX is a tool to allow simultaneous control of multiple SSH sessions. It will attempt to create an SSH session to each remote host in separate Terminal.app windows. A master window will also be created. All keyboard input in the master will be sent to all the slave windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • AU flagAustralia
    12 ssh sessions under the control of one master window
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  2. PyCmd icon

    PyCmd

     21 likes

    PyCmd is a smart command prompt extension for Windows cmd.exe; its purpose is to emulate a few power features of UNIX shells (decent Tab-completion, persistent history, etc.) while remaining 100% compatible with the cmd.exe syntax.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    File- and command- completion in action
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    mrxvt

     2 likes

    Based on rxvt. Tabbed interface. Very lightweight. Few dependencies. Only drawback is poor unicode support (theres an SVN branch with working but slightly buggy support)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. evilvte icon

    evilvte

     3 likes

    VTE based, highly customizable terminal emulator. Features: tabs, tabbar autohide, right click to switch encoding, supports almost all VTE features, build-time configuration

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Global
    version 0.4.7, 2 tabs, right-click menu
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