Alternatives to Windows Command Prompt for Windows with any license

ConEmu

Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features. Initially, the...

Free Open Source Windows
Tabbed interface Customizable Split-screen view Create SSH users ... Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Portable Quake-style Add a feature

320 Like
- tabbed console with dynamic resizing, global shortcuts, window split, etc etc Guest • Mar 2017
- ComEmu is the easiest one to handle commands Guest • Aug 2018
cmder

Cmder is an open-source replacement for the Windows command-line. It relies on ConEmu , extending it with the power of...

Free Open Source Windows clink ConEmu Windows Command Prompt PowerShell
ANSI color support Built-in SSH client Command line/bash Command line interface ... Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Portable Tabbed interface Add a feature

158 Like
- Based on ConEmu with sane defaults and some bells and whistles. Guest • Jun 2015
- yes it is because I use it all the time and it's better then CMD Guest • Jun 2015 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
PowerShell

PowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
PowerShell Scripting Scripting Add a feature

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Cygwin

Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows. Cygwin provides native integration of Windows-based applications, data, and other...

Free Open Source Windows
ANSI color support Portable Linux SSH Add a feature

195 Like
MobaXterm

An advanced terminal that gives Windows users a powerful, Unix-like command-line experience.

Freemium Windows
Tabbed interface Support for SFTP Autoimport of Putty sessions Secure Copy (SCP) ... Customizable Windows Explorer integration Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for Multiple protocols Multi-Session Portable Vnc protocol Add a feature

150 Like
KiTTY

KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software. The very...

Free Open Source Windows
Portable SSH Auto-saving Auto-login ... Built-in editor Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Multiple Browser Tabs Session management Add a feature

151 Like
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...

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD
Portable Add a feature

102 Like
Hyper

Hyper™ is a beautiful and extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards. It provides an elegant command-line experience that is consistent across all...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Clean design Command line interface Divisible ... Electron based Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Plugin API Add a feature

36 Like
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...

Free Open Source Windows
No features added Add a feature

51 Like
MSYS2

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...

Free Open Source Windows
Command line/bash Add a feature

25 Like
mintty

Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.60 by Simon Tatham and team. It can be downloaded from the main site or it can be...

Free Open Source Windows
No features added Add a feature

35 Like
- Discontinued App has not been updated since April of 2013.
Console

Console is a Windows console window enhancement. Console features include: multiple tabs, text editor-like text selection, different background types, alpha and...

Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Portable Tabbed interface Add a feature

97 Like
- Discontinued Last Update: 2013-06-12. Forked alternative: http://alternativeto.net/software/consolez/
ConsoleZ

console - This is a modified version of Console 2 for a better experience under Windows Vista/7/8 and a better visual rendering.

Free Open Source Windows
Tabbed interface Add a feature

22 Like
Babun

Would you like to use a linux-like console on a Windows host without a lot of fuzz? Try out babun! Babun features the following: Pre-configured Cygwin with a...

Free Open Source Windows Git Cygwin zsh
No features added Add a feature

19 Like
- Discontinued The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 1.2.0, released in July 2015, can be still downloaded from GitHub
win-bash

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...

Free Open Source Windows
Command line interface Add a feature

12 Like
- Discontinued The project is no longer developed since 2016. Last version, 1.1, released in March 2011, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.