PowerShell Alternatives

PowerShell is described as '(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' and is a very popular terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to PowerShell for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and GNOME apps. The best PowerShell alternative is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PowerShell are Tabby Terminal, Cmder, ConEmu and Cygwin.

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PowerShell alternatives page was last updated Jul 4, 2022

iTerm
iTerm is a full featured terminal emulation program written for OS X using Cocoa. We are aiming at providing users with best command line experience under OS X. The letter i represents a native Apple look and feel of the program interface, and an emphasis on complete...
62 iTerm alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Mac
Discontinued
Abandoned since 2011. The author recommends switching to iTerm2http://iterm.sourceforge.net/news.shtml
iTerm VS PowerShell
Is iTerm a good alternative to PowerShell?

Tilix
Tilix is a tiling terminal emulator which uses the VTE GTK+ 3 widget with the following features:
63 Tilix alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Linux
Tilix Features
Split-screen view
Dropdown terminal
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Tilix VS PowerShell
Is Tilix a good alternative to PowerShell?
Comments about Tilix as an Alternative to PowerShell

MartinO
Allows multiplexing terminals (Mutiple windows in one)
Positive comment •Mar 26, 2022
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- Tilix is Free and Open SourcePowerShell is also Free and Open Source

ConsoleZ
console - This is a modified version of Console 2 for a better experience under Windows Vista/7/8 and a better visual rendering.
73 ConsoleZ alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Windows
ConsoleZ Features
Command line interface
Tabbed interface
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ConsoleZ VS PowerShell
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gow
Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful
24 gow alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Compiler
Platforms
- Windows
Discontinued
No activity for over a year.
gow VS PowerShell
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Fluent Terminal
Terminal emulator based on UWP and web technologies.
85 Fluent Terminal alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Windows
Fluent Terminal Features
1. Command line interface
2. Lightweight
3. Tabbed interface
4. Customizable
5. Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
6. Multiple shells
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Fluent Terminal VS PowerShell
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PyCmd
PyCmd is a smart command prompt extension for Windows cmd.exe; its purpose is to emulate a few power features of UNIX shells (decent Tab-completion, persistent history, etc.) while remaining 100% compatible with the cmd.exe syntax.
11 PyCmd alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
PyCmd Features
Command line interface
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PyCmd VS PowerShell
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upterm
A terminal emulator for the 21st century. (formerly) Black Screen is a terminal emulator and interactive shell with auto-completion.
65 upterm alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
upterm Features
Command line interface
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+5
Discontinued
Deprecated since May 20, 2019. Maintainer suggests using Hyper instead.
upterm VS PowerShell
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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.
win-bash VS PowerShell
Is win-bash a good alternative to PowerShell?

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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+7
Blink Shell VS PowerShell
Is Blink Shell a good alternative to PowerShell?
- 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

TEXTREME
TEXTREME is a lively, animated text editor with the feel of a retro videogame complete with sounds and game-like visual effects. The screen shakes as you type while particle effects decorate new characters.
102 TEXTREME alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
TEXTREME Features
Text editing
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TEXTREME VS PowerShell
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TCC/LE
TCC/LE is a complete CMD replacement, and is compatible with your existing Windows command prompt and CMD batch files, while adding thousands of new features.
21 TCC/LE alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
TCC/LE Features
Support for scripting
Command line interface
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TCC/LE VS PowerShell
Is TCC/LE a good alternative to PowerShell?
Comments about TCC/LE as an Alternative to PowerShell

Bill de Haan
Very powerful scripting language, much less verbose than Powershell. It also replaces basic command line interal commands (dir, copy, ren, etc.) with compatible, but much more powerful versions.

Numerous additional commands, and a far more readable syntax. I find I can bang out a TCC script in about a tenth the time it takes to do a similar Powershell script. There are some things that Powershell can do that TCC can't, and vice versa, but where they overlap, I find TCC is almost always faster.
Positive comment •Apr 21, 2017
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- TCC/LE is Freemium and ProprietaryPowerShell is Free and Open Source