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 Apr 5, 2024

Take Command
The most powerful Windows console command line tools and batch scripting solution available. Create batch file commands and Windows batch files that you can use every day - for everything from launching applications to serious file management and scripting.
17 Take Command alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Take Command Features
Command line interface
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Take Command VS PowerShell
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Elvish
Elvish is a friendly and expressive shell for UN*X systems including Linux, macOS and BSDs.
23 Elvish alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Shell
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
Elvish Features
Command line interface
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Elvish VS PowerShell
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Colorconsole
ColorConsole brings a little color to your black and white world of Windows console .
6 Colorconsole alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Colorconsole Features
Portable
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Colorconsole VS PowerShell
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Closh
Closh combines the best of traditional unix shells with the power of Clojure. It aims to be a modern alternative to bash.
24 Closh alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Shell
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
Closh Features
Command line interface
Clojure
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Closh 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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CMD++
CMD++ is a command line program, which was devoloped as alternative to the Windows (R) console. You can use it at public places (eg. at school) when the native console is locked but you do need to run a program in the console (eg. to type arguments).
28 CMD++ alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
Discontinued
last release in 2009 per sourceforge. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/cmdpp/files/
CMD++ VS PowerShell
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CLIX
CLIX ('command line interface for OS X') makes it easy to harness the power of Unix. It becomes both a fish to buy and a series of lessons in how to fish and ultimately a handy way to work.
52 CLIX alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
CLIX Features
Command line interface
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CLIX VS PowerShell
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Cash
Cash is a cross-platform implementation of Unix shell commands written in pure ES6.
8 Cash alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Cash VS PowerShell
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mrxvt
Based on rxvt. Tabbed interface. Very lightweight. Few dependencies. Only drawback is poor unicode support (theres an SVN branch with working but slightly buggy support)
64 mrxvt alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Linux
mrxvt Features
Lightweight
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Discontinued
Latest release Sep. 9, 2008
mrxvt VS PowerShell
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Hamilton C shell
Hamilton C shell™ is a complete Unix shell environment for Windows, including all the important utilities, mv, cp, rm, more, grep, fgrep, head, tail, diff, sed, cron, tar and so on. There’s even a real chown, a real su (super user) and a sudo alias to run a command elevated.
9 Hamilton C shell alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application type
- Shell
Platforms
- Windows
Hamilton C shell Features
Command line interface
Support for scripting
Supports tar files
Support for 64 bit
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Hamilton C shell VS PowerShell
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ToolPakCloud
Putty/RDP/Powershell Connection Manager + Script Manager + Cloud Storage.
14 ToolPakCloud alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
ToolPakCloud Features
Portable
Support for scripting
RDP
Cloud based
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ToolPakCloud VS PowerShell
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PentestBox
PentestBox is an Opensource PreConfigured Portable Penetration Testing Environment for the Windows Operating System that allows users to use it without any virtual machine. It has got maximum of Kali Linux tools in it. And it requires very less space.
7 PentestBox alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
PentestBox Features
Coding
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PentestBox VS PowerShell
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