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Windows Command Prompt

The Windows built-in command prompt. Found in Windows NT 4.0 and later. Created by Microsoft

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There are many alternatives to Windows Command Prompt for Windows if you are looking to replace it. The most popular Windows alternative is cmder, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked 39 alternatives to Windows Command Prompt and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Windows Command Prompt are ConEmu (Free, Open Source), PowerShell (Free, Open Source), MobaXterm (Freemium) and Cygwin (Free, Open Source).

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cmder

Cmder is an open-source replacement for the Windows command-line. It relies on ConEmu , extending it with the power of...
- Based on ConEmu with sane defaults and some bells and whistles. Guest • Jun 2015 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- yes it is because I use it all the time and it's better then CMD Guest • Jun 2015 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows clink ConEmu Windows Command Prompt PowerShell
Terminal emulator ANSI color support Built-in SSH client Command line/bash ... Command line interface Customizable Developer Tools Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Portable Tabbed interface Terminal emulator Add a feature

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ConEmu

Powerful, fast and reliable Windows terminal that can run any console WinAPI or Unix PTY app.
- ComEmu is the easiest one to handle commands Guest • Aug 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- tabbed console with dynamic resizing, global shortcuts, window split, etc etc Guest • Mar 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows
Tabbed interface Quake-style Command line Customizable ... Multi-tabs Multiple window layouts Shell integration Split-screen view ANSI color support Create SSH users Developer Tools Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Kubernetes Portable Programmatic Tab and Window Management Remote Debugging Tabs Add a feature

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PowerShell

PowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line...
- Powershell has more features than command prompt. One of its biggest ups is that it allows scripting. Guest • Aug 2019 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Optimized for Windows PowerShell Scripting Scripting Add a feature

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MobaXterm

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

Freemium Windows
Support for SFTP Tabbed interface X server Embedded Xserver ... Built-in SSH client Support for FTP Multiple Terminal Autoimport of Putty sessions RDP Functionality RDP sessions in a tab Secure Copy (SCP) SSH User interface Customizable Windows Explorer integration Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Integrates with Putty configuration Support for Multiple protocols Multi-Session Portable Telnet client Terminal emulator Vnc protocol 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 Command line Compatibility layers Portable Linux ... Python SSH Add a feature

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KiTTY

KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software. The very...
- Putty is remote console to a remote Linux/Unix machine. Cmd is local WIndows conssole. Guest • May 2020
Free Open Source Windows
Portable SSH Ssh tunnel Auto-saving ... Auto-login Built-in editor Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Multiple Browser Tabs Session management Terminal emulator Add a feature

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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 Split-screen view Tiling Panes Clean design ... Command line interface Customizable Divisible Electron based Multiple Font Colors Plugin API Skinnable Terminal emulator Support for Themes Uses Packages Add a feature

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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...

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD
Compiler Developer Tools Portable Add a feature

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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
Regular updates Command line/bash IDE Add a feature

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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...
- it has autocompletion like Unix shell Guest • Sep 2015
Free Open Source Windows
Command line Add a feature

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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
Terminal emulator Add a feature

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Terminus

Cross-platform, Electron-based terminal that works with Bash, Powershell, Cygwin and more.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Electron based Command line Terminal emulator Add a feature

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MinGW-w64

The project's goal is to deliver runtime, headers, and libs for developing 64 bit (x64), as well as 32 bit (x86), windows applications using gcc-4.4 or newer...

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD
Compiler Portable Add a feature

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Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users.

Free Open Source Windows
Customizable Background transparency Command line Command line interface ... Emoji Text support Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Multi-tabs Multiple shells Multiple window layouts Tabbed interface Configured in JSON Terminal emulator WSL integreation Add a feature

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Console

Console is a Windows console window enhancement. Console features include: multiple tabs, text editor-like text selection, different background types, alpha and...
- Discontinued
  Last Update: 2013-06-12. Forked alternative: http://alternativeto.net/software/consolez/
Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Command line Portable Tabbed interface Add a feature

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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
Command line Tabbed interface Terminal emulator Add a feature

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Git Bash

Git 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...

Free Open Source Windows
Command line Add a feature

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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...
- Discontinued
  The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 1.2.0, released in July 2015, can be still downloaded from GitHub
Free Open Source Windows Git Cygwin zsh
Developer Tools Terminal emulator Add a feature

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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.
- It's a superset of functionality Guest • Mar 2017
Freemium Windows
Scripting Command line Add a feature

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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...
- Discontinued
  The project is no longer developed since 2016. Last version, 1.1, released in March 2011, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
Free Open Source Windows
Command line interface Interpreter Terminal emulator Add a feature

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