Take Command Alternatives

Take Command is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Take Command for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and clink apps. The best Take Command alternative is cmder, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Take Command are PowerShell, Windows Terminal, clink and Windows Command Prompt.

Take Command alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators but may also be Shells. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Take Command.

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cmder
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Windows
clink
ConEmu
Windows Command Prompt
PowerShell
37 cmder alternatives
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...
- - cmder is the most popular Windows alternative to Take Command.
- - cmder is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Take Command.
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cmder Features
1. Lightweightcmder consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Portablecmder can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Windows Explorer Extensioncmder can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
4. Extensible by Plugins/Extensionscmder can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
5. Command line interfacecmder either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Customizable
Command line/bash
Tabbed interface
ANSI color support
Built-in SSH client
PowerShell
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Shell
Mac
Windows
Linux
61 PowerShell alternatives
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.
- - PowerShell is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Take Command.
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PowerShell Features
1. Support for scriptingPowerShell supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
2. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsPowerShell can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
PowerShell Scripting
Optimized for Windows
Windows Terminal
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Windows
89 Windows Terminal alternatives
Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...
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Windows Terminal Features
1. Command line interfaceWindows Terminal either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. Support for scriptingWindows Terminal supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
3. Support for ThemesYou can use themes and templates to change the look and feel of Windows Terminal.
Tabbed interface
Multiple shells
WSL integreation
Background transparency
Configured in JSON
Customizable
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Emoji Text support
Multiple window layouts
Multi-tabs
clink
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Free • Open Source
Windows
13 clink alternatives
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.
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clink Features
1. Command line interfaceclink either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Windows Command Prompt
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Paid • Proprietary
Terminal Emulator
Shell
Windows
40 Windows Command Prompt alternatives
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.
- - Windows Command Prompt is the most popular commercial alternative to Take Command.
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Windows Command Prompt Features
1. Command line interfaceWindows Command Prompt either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. Support for scriptingWindows Command Prompt supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
3. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsWindows Command Prompt can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Console
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Free • Open Source
Shell
Windows
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31 Console alternatives
Console is a Windows console window enhancement. Console features include: multiple tabs, text editor-like text selection, different background types, alpha and color-key transparency, configurable font, different window styles.
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Console Features
1. Command line interfaceConsole either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. PortableConsole can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Tabbed interface
Discontinued
Last Update: 2013-06-12. Forked alternative: ConsoleZ
win-bash
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Free • Open Source
Shell
Terminal Emulator
Windows
35 win-bash alternatives
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.
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win-bash Features
1. Command line interfacewin-bash either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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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Shellngn
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Freemium • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
90 Shellngn alternatives
Shellngn is a cloud based SSH client with SFTP and Telnet support. Manage your servers anywhere you are, with a professional and feature-rich SSH and SFTP Client.
- - Shellngn is the most popular Web-based alternative to Take Command.
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Shellngn Features
Web-Based
Telnet client
Support for SFTP
SSH
ConsoleZ
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Shell
Windows
68 ConsoleZ alternatives
console - This is a modified version of Console 2 for a better experience under Windows Vista/7/8 and a better visual rendering.
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ConsoleZ Features
1. Command line interfaceConsoleZ either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Tabbed interface
TCC/LE
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
21 TCC/LE alternatives
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.
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TCC/LE Features
1. Support for scriptingTCC/LE supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
2. Command line interfaceTCC/LE either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
superconsole
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Windows
37 superconsole alternatives
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.
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superconsole Features
1. Portablesuperconsole can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Command line interfacesuperconsole either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Shell integration
Split-screen view
ANSI color support
Multi-tabs
Command line/bash
Create SSH users
Tabbed interface
Customizable
Multiple window layouts
Remote Debugging
FireCMD
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Paid • Proprietary
Terminal Emulator
Shell
Windows
43 FireCMD alternatives
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.
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FireCMD Features
1. Command line interfaceFireCMD either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Tabbed interface