PyCmd AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Terminal Emulators

The best Terminal Emulator alternative to PyCmd is PowerShell, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to PyCmd and four of them are Terminal Emulators so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Terminal Emulator alternatives to PyCmd are MSYS2, Windows Command Prompt and win-bash.

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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...

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PyCmd alternatives page was last updated Apr 18, 2023
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    PowerShell

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    PowerShell (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.

    65 PowerShell alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    PowerShell Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  PowerShell Scripting
    3.  Optimized for Windows
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Autocompletion
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    • PowerShell is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to PyCmd.

    • PowerShell is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PyCmd.

    • PowerShell is Free and Open SourcePyCmd is also Free and Open Source
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    MSYS2

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    MSYS2 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.

    42 MSYS2 alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    MSYS2 Features

    1.  Command line/bash
    2.  Linux on Windows
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  POSIX-compatible
    5.  Support for scripting
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    Windows Command Prompt

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    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.

    40 Windows Command Prompt alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Windows Command Prompt Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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    win-bash

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    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.

    37 win-bash alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    win-bash Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Interpreter
    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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