MessagePop Alternatives

MessagePop is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to MessagePop for Linux, Windows, Mac, Python and Qt. The best MessagePop alternative is Zenity, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MessagePop are Yad, easybashgui, KDialog and whiptail.

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MessagePop alternatives page was last updated Feb 22, 2022
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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.

    21 Zenity alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Zenity screenshot 1

    Zenity Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Portable
    3.  Gtk

    Zenity VS MessagePop

     

    • Zenity is the most popular Linux alternative to MessagePop.

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

    • Zenity is Free and Open SourceMessagePop is Free and Proprietary
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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.

    21 Yad alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

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

    Yad Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Portable

    Yad VS MessagePop

     
  4. easybashgui icon

    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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    easybashgui Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Graphical User Interface

    easybashgui VS MessagePop

     
  5. KDialog icon

    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).

    22 KDialog alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    KDialog screenshot 1

    KDialog Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  KDE

    KDialog VS MessagePop

     

  6. whiptail

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    display dialog boxes from shell scripts.

    21 whiptail alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    whiptail Features

    1.  Command line interface

    whiptail VS MessagePop

     
  7. FP-QUI icon

    FP-QUI

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    FP-Notifier has been renamed to FP-QUI.

    FP-QUI generates popup-windows that provide users a quick and ubiquitous interface to practically any application that supports command line instructions or named pipes.

    Apart from showing a text message, one may, for instance, define onC.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    FP-QUI screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The latest version released on GitHub is March 27, 2017.https://github.com/bfour/FP-QUI/tags

    FP-QUI Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Notifications

    FP-QUI VS MessagePop

     

    • FP-QUI is the most popular Windows alternative to MessagePop.

    • FP-QUI is Free and Open SourceMessagePop is Free and Proprietary

  9. xmessage

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

    13 xmessage alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    xmessage Features

    1.  Command line interface

    xmessage VS MessagePop

     
  10. gxmessage icon

    gxmessage

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    a GTK-based xmessage clone.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    gxmessage Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Gtk

    gxmessage VS MessagePop

     

  11. dialog

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

    21 dialog alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    dialog Features

    1.  Command line interface

    dialog VS MessagePop

     

  12. Batch MessageBox

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    This is a tiny hack to display message boxes from Windows batch files and command line programs. There are many like it but the developer didn't find any that was open source, non-copyleft and had no external dependencies (.NET Framework, GTK+, etc.).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Batch MessageBox screenshot 1

    Batch MessageBox Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Portable

    Batch MessageBox VS MessagePop

     

  13. 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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    CocoaDialog Features

    1.  Command line interface

    CocoaDialog VS MessagePop

     

    • CocoaDialog is the most popular Mac alternative to MessagePop.

    • CocoaDialog is Free and Open SourceMessagePop is Free and Proprietary

  14. 9menu

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    create a menu to run commands.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    9menu Features

    1.  Command line interface

    9menu VS MessagePop

     
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