unxutils Alternatives

unxutils is described as 'Here are some ports of common GNU utilities to native Win32. In this context, native means the executables do only depend on the Microsoft C-runtime (msvcrt.dll) and not an emulation layer like that provided by Cygwin tools' and is an app. There are six alternatives to unxutils for Windows, Linux, Mac and BSD. The best unxutils alternative is Cygwin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like unxutils are MSYS2, gow, tail and ezwinports.

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Here are some ports of common GNU utilities to native Win32. In this context, native means the executables do only depend...

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unxutils alternatives page was last updated Mar 13, 2019
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    Cygwin

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    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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Cygwin terminals running on Windows 7

    Cygwin Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Linux on Windows
    3.  SSH
    4.  POSIX-compatible
    5.  ANSI color support

    Cygwin VS unxutils

     

    • Cygwin is the most popular Windows alternative to unxutils.

    • Cygwin is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to unxutils.

    • Cygwin is Free and Open Sourceunxutils 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.

    44 MSYS2 alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MSYS2 screenshot 1

    MSYS2 Features

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

    MSYS2 VS unxutils

     

  4. gow

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    Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    gow screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    No activity for over a year.

    gow VS unxutils

     

  5. tail

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    A command line tool to output the last part of files.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    tail Features

    1.  Command line interface

    tail VS unxutils

     

    • tail is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to unxutils.

    • tail is Free and Open Sourceunxutils is also Free and Open Source

  6. ezwinports

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    Collection of ports to MS-Windows of GNU and Unix software packages, which either don't have precompiled Windows binaries available, or whose existing ports are buggy or broken. All the ports are built using the MinGW development environment, with or without MSYS.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • IL flagIsrael

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ezwinports VS unxutils

     
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    Cash

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    Cash is a cross-platform implementation of Unix shell commands written in pure ES6.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Cash VS unxutils

     
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