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The best Shell alternative to PowerShell is Tabby, 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 Shells so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Shell alternatives to PowerShell are Cmder, fish, Cygwin and Nushell.

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  1. Tabby icon

    Tabby

     133 likes

    Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.

    146 Tabby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • UA flagUkraine
    Tabby screenshot 1
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    Cmder

     244 likes

    Cmder 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...

    45 Cmder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • clink
    • ConEmu
    • Windows Command Prompt
    • PowerShell
    • US flagUnited States
    Cmder screenshot 1
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  4. fish icon

    fish

     124 likes

    Fish is a user-friendly command line shell for UNIX-like operating systems such as Linux

    32 fish alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust
    • Linux Mobile
    fish screenshot 1
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  5. Cygwin icon

    Cygwin

     230 likes

    Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows. Cygwin provides native integration of Windows-based applications, data, and other system resources with applications, software tools, and data of the Unix-like environment.

    28 Cygwin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
    Cygwin terminals running on Windows 7
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  6. Nushell icon

    Nushell

     24 likes

    This project has reached a minimum-viable product level of quality. While contributors dogfood it as their daily driver, it may be unstable for some commands. Future releases will work fill out missing features and improve stability.

    29 Nushell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • US flagUnited States
    Nu pipelines use structured data so you can safely select, filter, and sort the same way every time.
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  8. Hyper icon

    Hyper

     85 likes

    Hyper™ 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.

    121 Hyper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • US flagUnited States
    Splitting terminals
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  9. WindTerm icon

    WindTerm

     22 likes

    A professional SSH/Telnet/Serial/Shell/Sftp client for DevOps.

    105 WindTerm alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • CN flagChina
    WindTerm screenshot 1
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  10. Terminal icon

    Terminal

     86 likes

    Terminal (also referred to as Terminal.app) is a terminal emulator included in Apple's Mac OS X operating system. It originated in Mac OS X's predecessors, NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, and allows the user to interact with the computer through a command line interface.

    129 Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    Terminal screenshot 1
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  11. clink icon

    clink

     62 likes

    Clink enhances your productivity in Microsoft Windows' "cmd.exe". If you're familiar with Bash then you will be familiar with the changes that clink brings to "cmd.exe" (it uses the same 'Readline' library that Bash uses). It is a small utility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    clink screenshot 1
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  12. Windows Command Prompt icon

    Windows Command Prompt

     60 likes

    Command Prompt, also known as cmd.exe or cmd (after its executable file name), is the command-line interpreter on Windows NT, Windows CE, OS/2 and eComStation operating systems. It is the counterpart of COMMAND.

    49 Windows Command Prompt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
    A picture of cmd, with the name blacked out.
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  13. Git Bash icon

    Git Bash

     19 likes

    Git for Windows provides a BASH emulation used to run Git from the command line. *NIX users should feel right at home, as the BASH emulation behaves just like the "git" command in LINUX and UNIX environments.

    10 Git Bash alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Git Bash screenshot 1
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  14. ConsoleZ icon

    ConsoleZ

     27 likes

    console - This is a modified version of Console 2 for a better experience under Windows Vista/7/8 and a better visual rendering.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ConsoleZ screenshot 1
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