wsl-terminal Alternatives

wsl-terminal is described as 'A terminal emulator for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), includes mintty, wslbridge, cbwin, and some other useful tools' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to wsl-terminal for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, PortableApps.com, Cygwin and ConEmu. The best alternative is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like wsl-terminal are ConEmu, cmder, Windows Terminal and KiTTY.

wsl-terminal alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators but may also be Shells or SSH Clients. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of wsl-terminal.

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wsl-terminal

Free • Open Source
Windows

A terminal emulator for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), includes mintty, wslbridge, cbwin, and some other useful tools.

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PuTTY
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
SSH Client
Windows
Linux
BSD
PortableApps.com
ReactOS
105 alternatives to PuTTY
PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. It can also connect to a serial port.
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PuTTY Features
1. LightweightPuTTY consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
SSH
Built-in SSH client
Telnet client
Host management
Graphical User Interface
Serial terminal
Support for SFTP
Logging
Session Management
Xterm emulation
ConEmu
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Windows
51 alternatives to ConEmu
Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.
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ConEmu Features
1. PortableConEmu can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Command line interfaceConEmu either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Tabbed interface
Shell integration
Quake-style
ANSI color support
Customizable
Split-screen view
Multi-tabs
Multiple window layouts
Remote Debugging
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cmder
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Windows
clink
ConEmu
Windows Command Prompt
PowerShell
37 alternatives to cmder
Cmder is an open-source replacement for the Windows command-line. It relies on ConEmu , extending it with the power of clink and some great looking defaults including a Monokai color scheme and custom prompt...
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cmder Features
1. Lightweightcmder consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Portablecmder can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Windows Explorer Extensioncmder can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
4. Extensible by Plugins/Extensionscmder can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
5. Command line interfacecmder either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Customizable
Command line/bash
Tabbed interface
ANSI color support
Built-in SSH client
Windows Terminal
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Windows
89 alternatives to Windows Terminal
Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...
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Windows Terminal Features
1. Command line interfaceWindows Terminal either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Tabbed interface
Multiple shells
WSL integreation
Background transparency
Configured in JSON
Customizable
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Multiple window layouts
Emoji Text support
Multi-tabs
KiTTY
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
SSH Client
Windows
81 alternatives to KiTTY
KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.
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KiTTY Features
1. PortableKiTTY can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Command line interfaceKiTTY either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
SSH
Session Management
Ssh tunnel
Multiple Browser Tabs
Auto-login
VPS
Auto-saving
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Built-in editor
JuiceSSH
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Free • Proprietary
Terminal Emulator
SSH Client
Android
Android Tablet
mosh
OpenSSH
Dropbear SSH Server and Client
96 alternatives to JuiceSSH
The all in one terminal client for Android including SSH, Local Shell, Mosh and Telnet support.
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JuiceSSH Features
Host management
SSH
Telnet client
Ssh tunnel
Windows Command Prompt
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Paid • Proprietary
Terminal Emulator
Shell
Windows
40 alternatives to 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.
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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.
mintty
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Windows
37 alternatives to mintty
Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.60 by Simon Tatham and team.

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Console
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Free • Open Source
Shell
Windows
PortableApps.com
31 alternatives to Console
Console is a Windows console window enhancement. Console features include: multiple tabs, text editor-like text selection, different background types, alpha and color-key transparency, configurable font, different window styles.
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Console Features
1. Command line interfaceConsole either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. PortableConsole can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Tabbed interface
Discontinued
Last Update: 2013-06-12. Forked alternative: ConsoleZ
superconsole
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Windows
37 alternatives to superconsole
SuperConsole is a software collection based on ConEmu, MSYS2, Mintty, Zsh, Git for Windows, grml-zsh-config, Antigen and agkozak-zsh-theme projects, customized and configured for everyday use.
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superconsole Features
1. Portablesuperconsole can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Command line interfacesuperconsole either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Shell integration
Split-screen view
ANSI color support
Multi-tabs
Command line/bash
Create SSH users
Tabbed interface
Customizable
Multiple window layouts
Remote Debugging

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