win-bash AlternativesShells & Terminal Emulators like win-bash

win-bash is described as 'Windows port of the famous GNU bash (see GNU Bash homepage)' and is a Shell in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to win-bash for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Cygwin apps. The best win-bash alternative is PowerShell, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like win-bash are GNU Bourne Again SHell, fish, Zsh and MinGW.

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win-bash is a Windows port of the famous GNU bash (see GNU Bash homepage).

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PowerShell
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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 Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to win-bash.
- - PowerShell is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to win-bash.
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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
GNU Bourne Again SHell
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Free • Open Source
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Terminal Emulator
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23 GNU Bourne Again SHell alternatives
Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system. Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.
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GNU Bourne Again SHell Features
1. Command line interfaceGNU Bourne Again SHell either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
User friendly
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fish
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Free • Open Source
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Terminal Emulator
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25 fish alternatives
Fish is a user friendly command line shell for UNIX-like operating systems such as Linux.
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fish Features
1. Autocompletionfish can predict and complete the rest of a word or phrase you're typing.
2. Command line interfacefish either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Sane defaults
Color coding
Colored Text
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Zsh
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Free • Open Source
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Terminal Emulator
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21 Zsh alternatives
Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) which of the standard shells most resembles the Korn shell (ksh); its compatibility with the 1988 Korn shell has been gradually increasing. It includes enhancements of many types, notably in the command-line editor, options for...
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Zsh Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsZsh can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
2. Support for ThemesYou can use themes and templates to change the look and feel of Zsh.
3. Support for scriptingZsh supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
4. LightweightZsh consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
5. Command line interfaceZsh either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Customizable
MinGW
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Free • Open Source
Windows
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24 MinGW alternatives
MinGW ("Minimalistic GNU for Windows") is a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and GNU Binutils. It provides a complete Open Source programming toolset which is suitable for the development of native MS-Windows (x86) applications, which do not depend on any...
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MinGW Features
1. PortableMinGW can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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C support
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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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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 win-bash.
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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.
Nu Shell
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22 Nu Shell alternatives
This project has reached a minimum-viable product level of quality. While contributors dogfood it as their daily driver, it may be unstable for some commands. Future releases will work fill out missing features and improve stability.
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Nu Shell Features
1. Command line interfaceNu Shell either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. PortableNu Shell can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsNu Shell can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
4. Support for scriptingNu Shell supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Rust
the xonsh shell
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19 the xonsh shell alternatives
Xonsh is a Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt. The language is a superset of Python 3.4+ with additional shell primitives that you are used to from Bash and IPython. It works on all major systems including Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
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the xonsh shell Features
1. Support for scriptingthe xonsh shell supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
2. Portablethe xonsh shell can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Command line interfacethe xonsh shell either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Python API
Run from python interpreter
gow
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Free • Open Source
Windows
24 gow alternatives
Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful
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No activity for over a year.
PyCmd
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Free • Open Source
Windows
11 PyCmd alternatives
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 syntax.
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PyCmd Features
1. Command line interfacePyCmd either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
TCC/LE
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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.