Cash Alternatives

Cygwin

Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows. Cygwin provides native integration of Windows-based applications, data, and other...

Features:

• ANSI color support
• Command line
• Compatibility layers
• Portable Linux
• Python
• SSH

MobaXterm

An advanced terminal that gives Windows users a powerful, Unix-like command-line experience.

Features:

• Support for SFTP
• X server
• Tabbed interface
• Embedded Xserver
• SSH
• Built-in SSH client
• Support for FTP
• Multiple Terminal
• Autoimport of Putty sessions
• RDP Functionality
• RDP sessions in a tab
• Secure Copy (SCP)
• User interface
• Customizable
• Windows Explorer integration
• Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
• Integrates with Putty configuration
• Support for Multiple protocols
• Multi-Session
• Portable
• Telnet client
• Terminal emulator
• Vnc protocol

PowerShell

PowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line...

Features:

• Optimized for Windows
• PowerShell Scripting
• Scripting

MinGW

MinGW ("Minimalistic GNU for Windows") is a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and GNU Binutils. It provides a complete Open Source programming toolset...

Features:

• Compiler
• Developer Tools
• Portable

Babun

Would you like to use a linux-like console on a Windows host without a lot of fuzz? Try out babun! Babun features the following: Pre-configured Cygwin with a...

Features:

• Developer Tools
• Terminal emulator

Cooperative Linux

Cooperative Linux (short-named coLinux) is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively. More generally...

CMD++

CMD++ is a command line program, which was devoloped as alternative to the Windows (R) console. You can use it at public places (eg. at school) when the native console...