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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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PowerShell

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Terminal Emulator
Free • Open Source

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PowerShell alternatives page was last updated Apr 5, 2024

win-bash
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.
36 win-bash alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Shell
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Windows
win-bash Features
Command line interface
Interpreter
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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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superconsole
SuperConsole is a software collection based on ConEmu, MSYS2, Mintty, Zsh, Git for Windows, grml-zsh-config, Antigen and agkozak-zsh-theme projects, customized and configured for everyday use.
37 superconsole alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Windows
Top superconsole Features
1. Portable
2. Command line interface
3. Shell integration
4. Split-screen view
5. ANSI color support
6. Multi-tabs
7. Command line/bash
8. Create SSH users
9. Tabbed interface
10. Customizable
11. Multiple window layouts
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superconsole VS PowerShell
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Blink Shell
Blink Shell is the professional, desktop-grade terminal emulator for iOS. It's a full-featured and highly configurable open-source terminal that can be compiled from the source at GitHub or purchased as a pre-compiled app from the App Store to support the developers.
83 Blink Shell alternatives
License model
- Paid • Open Source
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- SSH Client
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
Blink Shell Features
SSH
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Blink Shell VS PowerShell
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- Blink Shell is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to PowerShell.
- Blink Shell is the most popular commercial alternative to PowerShell.
- Blink Shell is Paid and Open SourcePowerShell is Free and Open Source

PortX
PortX is a lightweight cross-platform (Windows/Mac/Linux) SSH Client, as well as local shell/terminal emulator. Beautiful tabbed UI for managing multiple sessions. Google Drive syncing session files across devices and OSes is a very handy tool.
4 PortX alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- SSH Client
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
PortX Features
SSH
Session Management
Xterm emulation
Tabbed interface
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LXTerminal
LXTerminal is the standard terminal emulator of LXDE. The terminal is a desktop-independent VTE-based terminal emulator for LXDE without any unnecessary dependency.
57 LXTerminal alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
LXTerminal VS PowerShell
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Pantheon Terminal
A super lightweight, beautiful, and simple terminal. It's designed to be setup with sane defaults and little to no configuration. It's just a terminal, nothing more, nothing less.
54 Pantheon Terminal alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Linux
Pantheon Terminal VS PowerShell
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MacTerm
MacTerm (was MacTelnet) on OS X is now a complete replacement for Terminal, allowing access to both local and remote applications.
83 MacTerm alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Mac
MacTerm Features
SSH
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MacTerm VS PowerShell
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MATE Terminal
MATE Terminal is a terminal emulator for the MATE desktop environment. Terminal emulators allow users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical...
54 MATE Terminal alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- FreeBSD
- OpenIndiana
- GhostBSD
MATE Terminal VS PowerShell
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Android Terminal Emulator
Android-Terminal-Emulator - A VT-100 terminal emulator for the Android OS.
50 Android Terminal Emulator alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Android
Android Terminal Emulator Features
Command line interface
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Discontinued
Github repository has been archived by the owner on Jan 14, 2022.

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FireCMD
FireCMD command shell has features like recursive aliases, command substitution using files, HTML and CSS support, which makes it a next generation command shell. It also remembers command history and last working directory for next session.
43 FireCMD alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Windows
FireCMD Features
Command line interface
Tabbed interface
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ROXTerm
ROXTerm: a full-featured VTE terminal emulator.
34 ROXTerm alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
ROXTerm Features
Command line interface
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ROXTerm VS PowerShell
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Tempest - SSH and SFTP client
Tempest is a free, cross platform, privacy first, SSH client, Local terminal and Kubernetes terminal.
14 Tempest - SSH and SFTP client alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- SSH Client
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Tempest - SSH and SFTP client Features
1. Lightweight
2. Ad-free
3. Dark Mode
4. Support for Themes
5. Command line interface
6. Server Monitoring
7. SSH
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Tempest - SSH and SFTP client VS PowerShell
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