xmessage AlternativesShells and other similar apps like xmessage

xmessage is described as 'Display a message or query in a window (X-based /bin/echo)' and is a Shell in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to xmessage for Linux, Windows, Mac, Python and Qt. The best xmessage alternative is Zenity, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like xmessage are Yad, KDialog, easybashgui and whiptail.

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

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xmessage alternatives page was last updated Feb 22, 2022
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  1. Zenity icon

    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 xmessage

     

    • Zenity is the most popular Linux alternative to xmessage.

    • Zenity is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to xmessage.

    • Zenity is Free and Open Sourcexmessage 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 xmessage

     
  4. 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).

    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 xmessage

     
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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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    easybashgui Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Graphical User Interface

    easybashgui VS xmessage

     

  6. whiptail

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    display dialog boxes from shell scripts.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    whiptail Features

    1.  Command line interface

    whiptail VS xmessage

     
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    gxmessage

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    a GTK-based xmessage clone.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    gxmessage Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Gtk

    gxmessage VS xmessage

     

    • gxmessage is the most popular Windows alternative to xmessage.

    • gxmessage is Free and Open Sourcexmessage is also Free and Open Source
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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 xmessage

     
    Comments about MessagePop as an Alternative to xmessage
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    Does not work with Linux, which xmessage only works with.

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    • MessagePop is Free and Proprietaryxmessage is Free and Open Source

  10. 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 xmessage

     

  11. CocoaDialog

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    CocoaDialog is an OS X application that allows the use of common GUI controls such as file selectors, text input, progress bars, yes/no confirmations and more with a command-line application. It requires no knowledge of Cocoa, and is ideal for use in shell and Perl scripts (or...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    CocoaDialog Features

    1.  Command line interface

    CocoaDialog VS xmessage

     

    • CocoaDialog is the most popular Mac alternative to xmessage.

    • CocoaDialog is Free and Open Sourcexmessage is also Free and Open Source
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    PyDialog

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    My problem was that the KDialog code is still not ported to Qt5 and it depends on various Qt4/KDE4 components. The kdialog has big dependency sizes so we made an alternate dialogs like kdialog switches, options.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • HU flagHungary
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Qt
    PyDialog screenshot 1

    PyDialog VS xmessage

     

  13. 9menu

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    create a menu to run commands.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    9menu Features

    1.  Command line interface

    9menu VS xmessage

     

  14. xdialog

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    xdialog Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Gtk

    xdialog VS xmessage

     
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