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).

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....

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win-bash alternatives page was last updated Nov 18, 2020

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 Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to win-bash.
- PowerShell is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to win-bash.
- PowerShell is Free and Open Sourcewin-bash is also Free and Open Source

GNU Bourne Again SHell
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.
24 GNU Bourne Again SHell alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Shell
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
GNU Bourne Again SHell Features
Command line interface
User friendly
Geeky
Interpreter
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fish
Fish is a user friendly command line shell for UNIX-like operating systems such as Linux.
26 fish alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Shell
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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fish Features
1. Sane defaults
2. Autocompletion
3. Color coding
4. Colored Text
5. Syntax Highlighting
6. No registration required
7. Works Offline
8. Ad-free
9. Command line interface
10. Interpreter
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Zsh
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...
22 Zsh alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Shell
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
Zsh Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
2. Customizable
3. Support for Themes
4. Support for scripting
5. Lightweight
6. Command line interface
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MinGW
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...
26 MinGW alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Compiler
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
MinGW Features
1. Portable
2. C++
3. Cross Compiler
4. Native application compiler
5. C support
6. GNU/linux-libre
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Nu Shell
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.
23 Nu Shell alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Shell
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Nu Shell Features
1. Command line interface
2. Support for scripting
3. Portable
4. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
5. Lightweight
6. Autocompletion
7. Syntax Highlighting
8. Rust
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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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clink
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.
14 clink alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
clink Features
Command line interface
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gow
Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful
24 gow alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Compiler
Platforms
- Windows
Discontinued
No activity for over a year.
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PyCmd
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.
11 PyCmd alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
PyCmd Features
Command line interface
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the xonsh shell
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.
20 the xonsh shell alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Shell
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
the xonsh shell Features
1. Support for scripting
2. Portable
3. Command line interface
4. Python API
5. Run from python interpreter
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TCC/LE
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.
21 TCC/LE alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
TCC/LE Features
Support for scripting
Command line interface
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