PowerShell AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Terminal Emulators
The best Terminal Emulator alternative to PowerShell is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to PowerShell and many of them are Terminal Emulators so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Terminal Emulator alternatives to PowerShell are Tabby Terminal, Cmder, ConEmu and iTerm2.
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109 PuTTY alternativesPuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. It can also connect to a serial port.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- ReactOS
Top PuTTY Features
- SSH
- Built-in SSH client
- Telnet client
- Host management
- Graphical User Interface
- Lightweight
- Serial terminal
- Support for SFTP
- Portable
- Works Offline
- No registration required
- Session Management
PuTTY VS PowerShell
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94 Tabby Terminal alternativesTabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.
Top Tabby Terminal Features
- SSH
- Command line interface
- Support for SFTP
- Multiple Servers
- Customizable
- Portable
- Dark Mode
- Serial-port
- Syntax Highlighting
- Ad-free
- Support for Themes
- Works Offline
Tabby Terminal VS PowerShell
Is Tabby Terminal a good alternative to PowerShell?Comments about Tabby Terminal as an Alternative to PowerShell
anselmusTabby is a terminal emulator and not a shell.
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37 Cmder alternativesCmder is an open-source replacement for the Windows command-line. It relies on ConEmu , extending it with the power of clink and some great looking defaults including a Monokai color scheme and custom prompt...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- clink
- ConEmu
- Windows Command Prompt
- PowerShell
Top Cmder Features
- Customizable
- Tabbed interface
- Lightweight
- Command line/bash
- Portable
- Support for Themes
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Autocompletion
- Windows Explorer Extension
- Command line interface
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Cmder VS PowerShell
Is Cmder a good alternative to PowerShell?
54 ConEmu alternativesWindows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.
Top ConEmu Features
- Tabbed interface
- Shell integration
- Customizable
- Quake-style
- ANSI color support
- Split-screen view
- Multi-tabs
- Portable
- Multiple window layouts
- Command line interface
- Support environment variables
- Remote Debugging
ConEmu VS PowerShell
Is ConEmu a good alternative to PowerShell?Comments about ConEmu as an Alternative to PowerShell
SamBConEmu is not a shell, and PowerShell is not a console emulator. I suppose you could argue that PowerShell ISE sort-of is, but that's not the /point/ of PowerShell ISE, so...
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77 iTerm2 alternativesiTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. It works on Macs with macOS 10.10 or newer. iTerm2 brings the terminal into the modern age with features you never knew you always wanted.
Top iTerm2 Features
- Customizable
- SSH
- Integrated Search
- Key binding
- Supports Python
- Support for scripting
- Lightweight
- Notifications
- Clean design
- Multiple Profiles
- Split windows
- Quake-style
iTerm2 VS PowerShell
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77 Kitty terminal alternativesKitty ( not to be confused with KiTTY ) is a powerful, cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator. It offloads rendering to the GPU and uses OpenGL for fast, cross-platform performance with built-in tiling layouts as well as graphic, unicode...
Top Kitty terminal Features
- GPU based
- Font Ligature Support
- Split-screen view
- Command line interface
- Tiling Layouts
- Lightweight
- Keyboard focused
- Full keyboard shortcuts
- Support for Themes
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Syntax Highlighting
Kitty terminal VS PowerShell
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26 fish alternativesFish is a user friendly command line shell for UNIX-like operating systems such as Linux.
fish Features
- Sane defaults
- Autocompletion
- Color coding
- Colored Text
- Syntax Highlighting
- No registration required
- Works Offline
- Ad-free
- Command line interface
- Interpreter
fish VS PowerShell
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65 GNOME Terminal alternativesGNOME Terminal is a terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment written by Havoc Pennington and others. Terminal emulators allow users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical desktop.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- GNOME
GNOME Terminal Features
- Command line interface
- Lightweight
- Background transparency
GNOME Terminal VS PowerShell
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87 KiTTY alternativesKiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.
Top KiTTY Features
- SSH
- Session Management
- Portable
- Auto-login
- Ssh tunnel
- Multiple Browser Tabs
- Command line interface
- VPS
- Auto-saving
- Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
- Built-in editor
KiTTY VS PowerShell
Is KiTTY a good alternative to PowerShell?
89 Hyper alternativesHyper™ is a beautiful and extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards. It provides an elegant command-line experience that is consistent across all supported platforms which includes macOS, Windows and various Linux distributions like Fedora and Debian.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
Top Hyper Features
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Command line interface
- Support for Themes
- Electron based
- Split-screen view
- Clean design
- Tiling Panes
- Uses Packages
- Plugin API
- Divisible
- Skinnable
- Customizable
Hyper VS PowerShell
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89 WezTerm alternativesA GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust
Top WezTerm Features
- GPU Acceleration
- Configurable
- Lua scripting
- Support for Themes
- Hyperlinks
- Lightweight
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Support for scripting
- Font Ligature Support
- WSL integreation
- Split tabs
- Multi panel
WezTerm VS PowerShell
Is WezTerm a good alternative to PowerShell?
42 MSYS2 alternativesMSYS2 is an independent rewrite of MSYS, based on modern Cygwin (POSIX compatibility layer) and MinGW-w64 with the aim of better interoperability with native Windows software.
MSYS2 Features
- Command line/bash
- Linux on Windows
- Command line interface
- POSIX-compatible
- Support for scripting
MSYS2 VS PowerShell
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Comments about PuTTY as an Alternative to PowerShell
PuTTY is not a shell in that sense. PuTTY is an alternative to programs like ssh which can run in powershell.