xdialog AlternativesShells and other similar apps like xdialog

xdialog is described as 'Xdialog is designed to be a drop in replacement for the "dialog" or "cdialog" programs. It converts any terminal based program into a program with an X-windows interface. The dialogs are easier to see and use while adding even more functionalities (e.g' and is a Shell in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to xdialog for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Python apps. The best xdialog alternative is NirCmd, which is free. Other great apps like xdialog are Zenity, Yad, wxFormBuilder and easybashgui.

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  1. NirCmd icon

    NirCmd

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    NirCmd is a small utility that allows you to do many useful tasks from command-line, without displaying any user interface: change your display settings, turn off your monitor, open the door of your CD-ROM drive, and more...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IL flagIsrael

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Text to Speech
    7.  Portable
    8.  Display Management
    9.  Execute script files

    NirCmd VS xdialog

     
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    Theyre nothing alike and technically target different operating systems for different use-cases

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    • NirCmd is the most popular Windows alternative to xdialog.

    • NirCmd is the most popular free alternative to xdialog.

    • NirCmd is Free and Proprietaryxdialog is Free and Open Source
    • NirCmd is Lightweightxdialog is not according to our users
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    Zenity

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    Zenity is a tool that allows you to display GTK dialog boxes in commandline and shell scripts.

    21 Zenity alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Zenity screenshot 1

    Zenity Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Portable
    3.  Gtk

    Zenity VS xdialog

     

    • Zenity is the most popular Linux alternative to xdialog.

    • Zenity is the most popular Open Source alternative to xdialog.

    • Zenity is Free and Open Sourcexdialog is also Free and Open Source
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    Yad

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    Yad (yet another dialog) is a fork of Zenity with many improvements, such as custom buttons, additional dialogs, pop-up menu in notification icon and more. It's useful for creating quick and easy GUIs for shell and batch scripting.

    21 Yad alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Sample dialog with tabs from YAD's SourceForge.

    Yad Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Portable

    Yad VS xdialog

     
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    wxFormBuilder

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    wxWidgets is an excellent framework that enables the creation of multi-platform applications with and without a graphical user interface. There are several applications that help create dialogs visually, even so, some practical problems have led me to start the development of a...

    21 wxFormBuilder alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    wxFormBuilder screenshot 1

    wxFormBuilder Features

    1.  Rad
    2.  C++

    wxFormBuilder VS xdialog

     

    • wxFormBuilder is the most popular Mac alternative to xdialog.

    • wxFormBuilder is Free and Open Sourcexdialog is also Free and Open Source
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    easybashgui

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    Bash functions library for *BSD and GNU/Linux that aims to give simple GUI functions using yad, gtkdialog, kdialog, zenity, Xdialog, (c)dialog, whiptail or bash builtins depending on KDE or GNOME running or not, Yad/Gtkdialog/Xdialog installed or not and, eventually, X...

    21 easybashgui alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    easybashgui Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Graphical User Interface

    easybashgui VS xdialog

     
  7. KDialog icon

    KDialog

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    kdialog allows you to display dialog boxes from shell scripts. The syntax is very much inspired from the "dialog" command (which shows text mode dialogs).

    22 KDialog alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    KDialog screenshot 1

    KDialog Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  KDE

    KDialog VS xdialog

     

  9. whiptail

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    display dialog boxes from shell scripts.

    21 whiptail alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    whiptail Features

    1.  Command line interface

    whiptail VS xdialog

     
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    wxSmith

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    wxSmith is a Code::Blocks plugin for RAD editing of wxWidgets applications.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Code::Blocks
    wxSmith screenshot 1

    wxSmith Features

    1.  GUI Designer

    wxSmith VS xdialog

     

  11. dialog

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    display dialog boxes from shell scripts. Curses based. Works in console mode.

    21 dialog alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    dialog Features

    1.  Command line interface

    dialog VS xdialog

     
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    MessagePop

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    MessagePop is a simple application designed to help you convey a message to the computer user. The program allows you to specify the message text and the other parameters from the command line.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Default message

    MessagePop Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Portable

    MessagePop VS xdialog

     

  13. VisualWX

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    Visualwx aims to be the ultimate RAD tool, designed for c++, python, perl, ruby, lua and wxWidgets. Still there are many things to do, but we've achieved considerable progress.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    VisualWX screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last version seems to be VisualWx 0.87.6.0 Alfa April 13 2007, see http://visualwx.altervista.org/downloads.php. There is no version for Python 3.

    VisualWX Features

    1.  Rad
    2.  C++

    VisualWX VS xdialog

     

  14. xmessage

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    display a message or query in a window (X-based /bin/echo).

    13 xmessage alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    xmessage Features

    1.  Command line interface

    xmessage VS xdialog

     
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