explainshell AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Terminal Emulators

The best Terminal Emulator alternative to explainshell is Warp Terminal, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked nine alternatives to explainshell and five of them are Terminal Emulators so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Terminal Emulator alternatives to explainshell are Wave Terminal, cheat.sh, Kmdr and Commands.dev.

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Get details on arguments for commandline tools through explainshell's sleek, web-based interface. The web app is totally free and source code is available for download through GitHub.

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explainshell alternatives page was last updated Aug 17, 2024
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  1. Warp Terminal icon
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    Warp Terminal

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    Warp is a blazingly fast, Rust-based terminal that makes you and your team more productive at coding and DevOps.

    15 Warp Terminal alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Command palette
    3.  Real time collaboration
    4.  Rust
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Support for scripting
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Dark Mode
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    Warp Terminal VS explainshell

    Is Warp Terminal a good alternative to explainshell?
     

    • Warp Terminal is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to explainshell.

    • Warp Terminal is the most popular free alternative to explainshell.

    • Warp Terminal is Freemium and Proprietaryexplainshell is Free and Open Source
    • Warp Terminal is Lightweightexplainshell is not according to our users
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    Wave Terminal

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    Wave is an open-source, AI-native terminal built for seamless developer workflows with inline rendering, a modern UI, and persistent sessions.

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    Render images inline with Wave plugins.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    Our integrated editor, codeedit—leveraging Monaco, the engine behind VSCode—enables inline editing of both local and remote files.
    Wave AI in the command box.
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    Render PDFs inline with Wave plugins.

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Support for MarkDown
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Command line interface
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Comma Separated Values
    10.  AI-Powered
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    Wave Terminal VS explainshell

    Is Wave Terminal a good alternative to explainshell?
     

    • Wave Terminal is the most popular Open Source alternative to explainshell.

    • Wave Terminal is Free and Open Sourceexplainshell is also Free and Open Source
    • Wave Terminal is Privacy focused and Lightweightexplainshell is not according to our users
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    cheat.sh

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    The only cheat sheet you need Unified access to the best community driven documentation repositories of the world.

    9 cheat.sh alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Terminal
    • explainshell
    • Hyper
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell
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    cheat.sh VS explainshell

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    Kmdr

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    Select the commands you want to understand and in a pop-up window, kmdr will describe each program, option, subcommand, and operator.

    5 Kmdr alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Kmdr Features

    1.  Command line interface
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    Kmdr VS explainshell

    Is Kmdr a good alternative to explainshell?
     

    • Kmdr is the most popular SaaS alternative to explainshell.

    • Kmdr is the most popular commercial alternative to explainshell.

    • Kmdr is Paid and Proprietaryexplainshell is Free and Open Source
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    Commands.dev

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    Commands.dev is a searchable, templated catalog of popular terminal commands curated from across the internet.

    3 Commands.dev alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Commands.dev VS explainshell

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