Top 15 CMD++ Alternative and Similar Softwares | Nov 2024

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 is locked but you do need to run a program in the console (eg. to type arguments).

1. Colorconsole

Colorconsole ColorConsole brings a little color to your black and white world of Windows console .One can save many hand moves and also time!An installation of ColorConsole is not requiredand can be executed easily from the desktop.Features:Favorites commandsExport to HTML and RTFCopy,Paste,Cut...Changeable font style and colorTabbed working with multi cmd.exe.Fast folder......

2. FireCMD

FireCMD FireCMD command shell has features like recursive aliases, command substitution using files, HTML and CSS support, which makes it a next generation command shell. It also remembers command history and last working directory for next session. A UNIX like environment and UNIX commands are also provided using UWIN package developed......

3. PowerCmd

PowerCmd A command prompt replacement for Windows that arranges command line windows in a graphical, tabbed user interface. Other features include saving and restoring sessions, text editing capabilities, bookmarks, a searchbar, a customizable toolbar, etc.......

4. wsl-terminal

wsl-terminal A terminal emulator for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), includes mintty, wslbridge, cbwin, and some other useful tools.The next thing you want to install after installing Windows Subsystem for Linux (a.k.a. WSL)......

5. Get Console

Get Console Get Console is the first ipad and iphone serial port terminal application providing serial terminal connectivity without jailbreaking. The app store description advises it works on network devices, but offers a standard VT100 emulation. Requires the Redpark C2-RJ45 ipad console cable to work (also available from the website)......

6. ConsoleZ

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

7. Cygwin

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 system resources with applications, software tools, and data of the Unix-like environment.......

8. QTerminal

QTerminal QTerminal is a lightweight Qt terminal emulator based on QTermWidget.It is maintained by the LXQt project but can be used independently from this desktop environment. The only bonds are liblxqt representing a build dependency and the localization files which were outsourced to LXQt repository lxqt-l10n.......

9. iTerm2

iTerm2 This is a fork of the iTerm project hosted on Sourceforge, the development of which has been languishing for a while. iTerm2 is a full featured terminal emulation program written for OS X using Cocoa. We are aiming at providing users with best command line experience under OS X. The......

10. clink

clink Clink enhances your productivity in Microsoft Windows' "cmd.exe".If you're familiar with Bash then you will be familiar with the changes that clink brings to "cmd.exe" (it uses the same 'Readline' library that Bash uses). It is a small utility to enhance "cmd.exe", adding more powerful command line completion, editing, and......

11. rxvt-unicode

rxvt-unicode Rxvt-unicode is a highly customizable terminal emulator forked from rxvt. Commonly known as urxvt, rxvt-unicode can be daemonized to run clients within a single process in order to minimize the use of system resources. Developed by Marc Lehmann, some of the more outstanding features of rxvt-unicode include international language support......

12. Take Command

Take Command The most powerful Windows console command line tools and batch scripting solution available. Create batch file commands and Windows batch files that you can use every day - for everything from launching applications to serious file management and scripting. Its the command line and console environment for programmers, operations and......

13. yeahconsole

yeahconsole YeahConsole turns an xterm into a gamelike console.This means it will slide down from top of your screen if you hit a shortcut key.(You will need xterm version 168 or higher to make this happen)......

14. mintty

mintty Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.60 by Simon Tatham and team.It can be downloaded from the main site or it can be installed through Cygwins setup.exe program, where it can be found in the Shells category. The Cygwin installer creates a......

15. PieTTY

PieTTY PieTTY is a free SSH client based on PuTTY and dedicated to multilingual (especially CJK) environments, accessibility, and simpler user interface. "Glass Window Mode" : Alpha-blending / HW-accelerated transparency & drop-shadow. Drag'n'drop scp [scp only in stable version]......