unxutils Alternatives

Apps similar to unxutils include Cygwin, which is free and open source. Other options are MSYS2, gow, tail and Cash. In total there are six Compatibility Layer Tools like unxutils for Windows, Linux and Mac.

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  1. Cygwin icon
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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. MSYS2 icon
     50 likes

    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.

    27 MSYS2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3.  28 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4.  3 likes

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

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. Cash icon
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    Cash is a cross-platform implementation of Unix shell commands written in pure ES6.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6.  2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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