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The best Terminal Emulator alternative to KornShell is fish, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to KornShell and 11 are Terminal Emulators so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Terminal Emulator alternatives to KornShell are GNU Bourne Again SHell, Zsh, Nu Shell and win-bash.

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The KornShell language was designed and developed by David G. Korn at AT&T Bell Laboratories. It is an interactive command language that provides access to the UNIX system and to many other systems, on the many...

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KornShell alternatives page was last updated Nov 7, 2024
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  1. fish icon
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    Fish is a user-friendly command line shell for UNIX-like operating systems such as Linux

    31 fish alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust

    Top fish Features

    1.  Sane defaults
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Color coding
    4.  Colored Text
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Command line interface
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Interpreter

    fish VS KornShell

     
    • fish is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to KornShell.

    • fish is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to KornShell.

    • fish is Free and Open SourceKornShell is also Free and Open Source
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    Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system. Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.

    29 GNU Bourne Again SHell alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  User friendly

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Geeky
    3.  Interpreter

    GNU Bourne Again SHell VS KornShell

     
  3. Zsh icon
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    Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) which of the standard shells most resembles the Korn shell (ksh); its compatibility with the 1988 Korn shell has been gradually increasing. It includes enhancements of many types, notably in the command-line editor, options for...

    27 Zsh alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Customizable

    Features

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

    Zsh VS KornShell

     
  4. Nu Shell icon
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    This project has reached a minimum-viable product level of quality. While contributors dogfood it as their daily driver, it may be unstable for some commands. Future releases will work fill out missing features and improve stability.

    28 Nu Shell alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Portable
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Autocompletion
    6.  Syntax Highlighting
    7.  Rust

    Nu Shell VS KornShell

     
  5. win-bash icon
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    win-bash is a Windows port of the famous GNU bash (see GNU Bash homepage).

    The goal of the win-bash project is to finish the port to Windows and provide a full functional bash.exe binary for windows nt and derived systems. win-bash can be used as a input shell as well as an inte.

    40 win-bash alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed since 2016. Last version, 1.1, released in March 2011, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

    win-bash Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Interpreter

    win-bash VS KornShell

     
  6. DASH Shell icon
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    DASH is a POSIX-compliant implementation of /bin/sh that aims to be as small as possible. It does this without sacrificing speed where possible. In fact, it is significantly faster than bash (the GNU Bourne-Again SHell) for most tasks. DASH stands for Debian Almquist Shell.

    27 DASH Shell alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    DASH Shell Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Interpreter

    DASH Shell VS KornShell

     
  7. Xiki icon
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    Xiki makes the command line friendlier and more powerful. Xiki Shell (xsh) lets you use Xiki from command line, in a way that augments your current favorite shell (bash or zsh).

    26 Xiki alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Xiki Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Interpreter

    Xiki VS KornShell

     
  8. sash icon
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    a stand-alone shell with many built-in commands. The built in commands of sash have all libraries linked statically, so unlike most shells, the standard UNIX commands do not rely on external libraries. In case of emergencies, you can boot directly into sash and use it as a...

    28 sash alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    sash Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Interpreter

    sash VS KornShell

     
  9. fshell icon
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    fshell is the Symbian equivalent of bash + telnet + a posix-like set of command-line tools. In other words it's a console framework for Symbian OS with support for remote connections and a suite of tools for debugging the device.

    27 fshell alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Symbian S60

    fshell Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Interpreter

    fshell VS KornShell

     
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    Execute shell commands on Android or the JVM.

    31 KtSh alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    KtSh Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Support for scripting

    KtSh VS KornShell

     
    • KtSh is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to KornShell.

    • KtSh is Free and Open SourceKornShell is also Free and Open Source
  11. RazzShell icon
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    RazzShell is a Unix shell built with customization in mind, offering command alias support, colorful output, and environment variable handling. Developed in C, it’s designed for Unix/Linux systems and licensed under the MIT license.

    29 RazzShell alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Kali Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  No registration required

    RazzShell VS KornShell

     
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