KtSh AlternativesTerminal Emulators & Shells like KtSh

KtSh is described as 'Execute shell commands on Android or the JVM' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to KtSh for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Cygwin apps. The best KtSh alternative is PowerShell, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like KtSh are GNU Bourne Again SHell, fish, Zsh and Nu Shell.

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KtSh alternatives page was last updated Mar 10, 2025
  1. PowerShell icon
     193 likes

    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.

    65 PowerShell alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    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
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    • PowerShell is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to KtSh.

    • PowerShell is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to KtSh.

    • PowerShell is Free and Open SourceKtSh is also Free and Open Source
    • PowerShell is LightweightKtSh is not according to our users
  2. GNU Bourne Again SHell icon
     208 likes

    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.

    26 GNU Bourne Again SHell alternatives
    Bash using the ls command

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    GNU Bourne Again SHell Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Geeky
    3.  Interpreter
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  3. fish icon
     100 likes

    Fish is a user-friendly command line shell for UNIX-like operating systems such as Linux

    28 fish alternatives
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    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
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  4. Zsh icon
     123 likes

    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...

    24 Zsh alternatives
    zsh suggestions in action

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Command line interface
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  5. Nu Shell icon
     15 likes

    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.

    25 Nu Shell alternatives
    Nu pipelines use structured data so you can safely select, filter, and sort the same way every time.

    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
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  6. Elk Shell icon
     2 likes

    Elk is an experimental shell language that aims to seamlessly combine the syntax of a shell language like bash with the syntax of a general-purpose language like Python. Bash is great for executing programs and handling files, but can be quite limiting and tedious to use when it...

    24 Elk Shell alternatives
    Elk Shell screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Elk Shell Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    4.  Variables
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  7. clink icon
     59 likes

    Clink enhances your productivity in Microsoft Windows' "cmd.exe". If you're familiar with Bash then you will be familiar with the changes that clink brings to "cmd.exe" (it uses the same 'Readline' library that Bash uses). It is a small utility.

    14 clink alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Command line/bash
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  8. the xonsh shell icon
     8 likes

    Xonsh is a Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt. The language is a superset of Python 3.4+ with additional shell primitives that you are used to from Bash and IPython. It works on all major systems including Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.

    22 the xonsh shell alternatives
    the xonsh shell screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    the xonsh shell Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Portable
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Python API
    5.  Run from python interpreter
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  9. win-bash icon
     14 likes

    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.

    38 win-bash alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    win-bash Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Interpreter
    Discontinued

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

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  10.  3 likes

    Fish-like autosuggestions for Zsh.

    4 Zsh Autosuggestions alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • zsh

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  11. rush icon
     2 likes

    rush is a replacement for the unix shell (bash, zsh, etc) which uses pure Ruby syntax. Grep through files, find and kill processes, copy files - everything you do in the shell, now in Ruby.

    25 rush alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    rush Features

    1.  Command line interface
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  12. DASH Shell icon
     9 likes

    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.

    24 DASH Shell alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    DASH Shell Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Interpreter
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