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Cygwin

Cygwin is a set of tools that provide Linux and POSIX functionality to Windows.

Cygwin Alternatives

The best Cygwin alternatives based on verified products, community votes, reviews and other factors.
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    Enhanced terminal for Windows with X11 server, tabbed SSH client, network tools and much more

  2. 139

    Popular free terminal application. Mostly used as an SSH client.

  3. Unimus is a Network Automation and Configuration management solution designed for fast deployment network-wide and ease of use. Unimus does not require learning any abstraction or templating languages, and does not require any coding skills.

    Try for free freemium

  4. 136

    Download WMF. Windows Management Framework contains the latest versions of PowerShell, DSC, WMI, and WinRM for older versions of Windows. PowerShell Module Browser. Search for PowerShell modules and cmdlets.

  5. 105

    ConEmu-Maximus5 is a full-featured local terminal for Windows devs, admins and users. Get better console window with tabs, splits, Quake style, copy+paste, DosBox and PuTTY integration, and much more.

    Open Source

  6. 107

    Console is a Windows console window enhancement.

  7. 111

    Terminator is one of the most useful and dynamic terminal emulators for Unix based operating systems.

  8. 113

    GNOME Terminal is a terminal emulator for GNOME desktop.

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    Windows Console Emulator, Far Manager plugins.

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    KiTTY is a fork from version 0.70 of PuTTY. It adds extra features to PuTTY.

  11. 100

    OpenSSH is a free version of the SSH connectivity tools that technical users rely on.

  12. 101

    5. 1 Transparency not working after upgrade to v9. 09; 5. 2 Remote hosts; 5. 3 Using rxvt-unicode as gmrun terminal; 5.

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

  14. 84

    MTPuTTY stands for multi-tabbed PuTTY, is one of the best SSH client for Windows operating systems.

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