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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to PowerShell

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to PowerShell are ConEmu, iTerm2, and wezterm. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. 1
    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.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 18 social mentions

  2. 2
    A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 96 social mentions

  3. GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer made with Rust.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 42 social mentions

  4. Fig adds VSCode-style autocomplete to your existing terminal. Move faster with Fig.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 37 social mentions

  5. Jan 1, 2018 - A powerful replacement for the macOS / OS X Terminal, with 24-bit color and graphics features.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools

  6. electerm is a terminal/ssh/sftp client(linux, mac, win) based on electron/ssh2/node-pty/xterm/antd and many other libs
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools

  7. Tabby is a free and open source SSH, local and Telnet terminal with everything you'll ever need.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #Command Line Tools #DevOps Tools 17 social mentions

  8. 8
    Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal Emulators 56 social mentions

  9. A new command line interface for Windows machines
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 2 social mentions

  10. Super fast, GPU and OpenGL based terminal emulator with tiling support
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 88 social mentions

  11. We bring the awesome Git SCM to Windows
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Code Collaboration 80 social mentions

  12. 12
    Extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal 41 social mentions

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