Take Command AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Shells

The best Shell alternative to Take Command is Cmder, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Take Command and seven of them are Shells so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Shell alternatives to Take Command are PowerShell, Windows Command Prompt, Console and ConsoleZ.

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Take Command

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Take Command alternatives page was last updated Nov 18, 2020

Cmder
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...
37 Cmder alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Windows
- clink
- ConEmu
- Windows Command Prompt
- PowerShell
Top Cmder Features
1. Customizable
2. Tabbed interface
3. Lightweight
4. Command line/bash
5. Portable
6. Support for Themes
7. Ad-free
8. No registration required
9. Autocompletion
10. Windows Explorer Extension
11. Command line interface
12. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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Cmder VS Take Command
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- Cmder is the most popular Windows alternative to Take Command.
- Cmder is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Take Command.
- Cmder is Free and Open SourceTake Command is Paid and Proprietary
- Cmder is Customizable and LightweightTake Command is not according to our users

PowerShell
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.
64 PowerShell alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
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 Mac & Linux alternative to Take Command.
- PowerShell is Free and Open SourceTake Command is Paid and Proprietary

Windows Command Prompt
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
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Windows
Windows Command Prompt Features
Command line interface
Support for scripting
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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Console
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.
31 Console alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Shell
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
Console Features
Command line interface
Portable
Tabbed interface
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Discontinued
Last Update: 2013-06-12. Forked alternative: ConsoleZ

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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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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.

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FireCMD
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.
43 FireCMD alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Windows
FireCMD Features
Command line interface
Tabbed interface
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