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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Global
Windows Command Prompt Alternatives
One of the most popular alternatives to Windows Command Prompt is Tabby, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Windows Terminal, PowerShell, MobaXterm and Cmder. You're spoiled for choice with Terminal Emulators like Windows Command Prompt: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac and Android.
Alternatives list
- 28 MSYS2 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
United Kingdom
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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
United States
97 iTerm alternativesiTerm is a full featured terminal emulation program written for OS X using Cocoa. We are aiming at providing users with best command line experience under OS X. The letter i represents a native Apple look and feel of the program interface, and an emphasis on complete...
Platforms
- Mac
- United States
10 Git Bash alternativesGit for Windows provides a BASH emulation used to run Git from the command line. *NIX users should feel right at home, as the BASH emulation behaves just like the "git" command in LINUX and UNIX environments.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
21 wsl-terminal alternativesA terminal emulator for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), includes mintty, wslbridge, cbwin, and some other useful tools.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
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Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.60 by Simon Tatham and team.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- United Kingdom
The most powerful Windows console command line tools and batch scripting solution available. Create batch file commands and Windows batch files that you can use every day - for everything from launching applications to serious file management and scripting.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
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.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
console - This is a modified version of Console 2 for a better experience under Windows Vista/7/8 and a better visual rendering.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Hamilton C shell™ is a complete Unix shell environment for Windows, including all the important utilities, mv, cp, rm, more, grep, fgrep, head, tail, diff, sed, cron, tar and so on. There’s even a real chown, a real su (super user) and a sudo alias to run a command elevated.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
