Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to PowerShell

Product categories

Code Collaboration Command Line Tools DevOps Tools Developer Tools Emulators Git OS & Utilities SSH Server Configuration And Automation Server Management Terminal Terminal Tools

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.

ConEmu Landing Page
1

ConEmu

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
iTerm2 Landing Page
2

iTerm2

A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 96 social mentions
wezterm Landing Page
3

wezterm

GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer made with Rust.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 42 social mentions
Fig Terminal Landing Page
4

Fig Terminal

Fig adds VSCode-style autocomplete to your existing terminal. Move faster with Fig.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 37 social mentions
MacTerm Landing Page
5

MacTerm

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
Electerm Landing Page
6

Electerm

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
tabby.sh
7

Tabby.sh

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
Termux Landing Page
8

Termux

Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal Emulators 56 social mentions
Windows Terminal Landing Page
9

Windows Terminal

A new command line interface for Windows machines
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 2 social mentions
Kitty terminal Landing Page
10

Kitty terminal

Super fast, GPU and OpenGL based terminal emulator with tiling support
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 88 social mentions
Git for Windows Landing Page
11

Git for Windows

We bring the awesome Git SCM to Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #SSH #Code Collaboration 80 social mentions
Hyper Landing Page
12

Hyper

Extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal 41 social mentions