gxmessage AlternativesShells and other similar apps like gxmessage

gxmessage is described as 'A GTK-based xmessage clone' and is a Shell in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to gxmessage for Linux, Windows and Mac. The best gxmessage alternative is Zenity, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like gxmessage are Modern Message Box Generator, Yad, easybashgui and KDialog.

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  1. Zenity icon

    Zenity

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    Zenity is a tool that allows you to display GTK dialog boxes in commandline and shell scripts.

    22 Zenity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

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    • Linux
    Zenity screenshot 1
     

    • Zenity is the most popular Linux alternative to gxmessage.

    • Zenity is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to gxmessage.

    • Zenity is Free and Open Sourcegxmessage is also Free and Open Source
  2. Modern Message Box Generator icon

    Modern Message Box Generator

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    Generates a customizable "Task Dialog" box - a more modern version of the old Windows message box.'

    20 Modern Message Box Generator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main window
     

    • Modern Message Box Generator is the most popular Windows alternative to gxmessage.

    • Modern Message Box Generator is Free and Open Sourcegxmessage is also Free and Open Source
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    Yad

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    Yad (yet another dialog) is a fork of Zenity with many improvements, such as custom buttons, additional dialogs, pop-up menu in notification icon and more. It's useful for creating quick and easy GUIs for shell and batch scripting.

    22 Yad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Sample dialog with tabs from YAD's SourceForge.
     
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    easybashgui

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    Bash functions library for *BSD and GNU/Linux that aims to give simple GUI functions using yad, gtkdialog, kdialog, zenity, Xdialog, (c)dialog, whiptail or bash builtins depending on KDE or GNOME running or not, Yad/Gtkdialog/Xdialog installed or not and, eventually, X...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    KDialog

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    kdialog allows you to display dialog boxes from shell scripts. The syntax is very much inspired from the "dialog" command (which shows text mode dialogs).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    KDialog screenshot 1
     

  7. whiptail

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    display dialog boxes from shell scripts.

    22 whiptail alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  9. MessagePop icon

    MessagePop

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    MessagePop is a simple application designed to help you convey a message to the computer user. The program allows you to specify the message text and the other parameters from the command line.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Default message
     

  10. xmessage

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    display a message or query in a window (X-based /bin/echo).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  11. dialog

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    display dialog boxes from shell scripts. Curses based. Works in console mode.

    22 dialog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  12. CocoaDialog

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    CocoaDialog is an OS X application that allows the use of common GUI controls such as file selectors, text input, progress bars, yes/no confirmations and more with a command-line application. It requires no knowledge of Cocoa, and is ideal for use in shell and Perl scripts (or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

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    • Mac
     

    • CocoaDialog is the most popular Mac alternative to gxmessage.

    • CocoaDialog is Free and Open Sourcegxmessage is also Free and Open Source

  13. 9menu

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    create a menu to run commands.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  14. xdialog

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    Xdialog is designed to be a drop in replacement for the "dialog" or "cdialog" programs. It converts any terminal based program into a program with an X-windows interface. The dialogs are easier to see and use while adding even more functionalities (e.g.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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