Top 15 dash Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

DASH is a POSIX-compliant implementation of /bin/sh that aims to be as small as possible. It does this without sacrificing speed where possible. In fact, it is significantly faster than bash (the GNU Bourne-Again SHell) for most tasks. DASH stands for Debian Almquist Shell.

1. fish

fish fish is a user friendly command line shell for UNIX-like operating systems such as Linux.Finally, a command line shell for the 90s. The new fish is a smart and user-friendly command line shell for OS X, Linux, and the rest of the family. With autosuggestions, VGA color, man-page completions, web......

2. sash

sash a stand-alone shell with many built-in commands. The built in commands of sash have all libraries linked statically, so unlike most shells, the standard UNIX commands do not rely on external libraries. In case of emergencies, you can boot directly into sash and use it as a recovery environment.......

3. fshell

fshell fshell is the Symbian equivalent of bash + telnet + a posix-like set of command-line tools. In other words it's a console framework for Symbian OS with support for remote connections and a suite of tools for debugging the device.......

4. win-bash

win-bash win-bash is a Windows port of the famous GNU bash (see GNU Bash homepage).The goal of the win-bash project is to finish the port to Windows and provide a full functional bash.exe binary for windows nt and derived systems. win-bash can be used as a input shell as well as......

5. Xiki

Xiki Xiki makes the command line friendlier and more powerful. Xiki Shell (xsh) lets you use Xiki from command line, in a way that augments your current favorite shell (bash or zsh).......

6. Bash

Bash Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system. Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard. It......

7. 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......

8. ContextConsole Shell Extension

ContextConsole Shell Extension The ContextConsole Shell Extension adds an "Open Command Prompt" menu item to the context menus (right-click menus) in Windows Explorer so that you can open a command prompt in the selected directory (or directories) or in the current directory that you are viewing.......

9. 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.......

10. Fisherman

Fisherman Fisherman is a blazing fast, modern plugin manager for the fish shell.Features include a flat tree dependency model, external self-managed database, cache, great test coverage and compatibility with Tacklebox, Oh My Fish! and Wahoo themes and plugins.......

11. Black Screen

Black Screen Black Screen is a terminal emulator for the 21st century. Unlike most emulators, it uses HTML and CSS for its UI (exactly as Atom does), which means we can stop misusing unicode characters and make a better looking terminal with appropriate tools.AutocompletionBlack Screen shows the autocompletion box as you type......

12. CocoaDialog

CocoaDialog CocoaDialog is an OS X application that allows the use of common GUI controls such as file selectors, text input, progress bars, yes/no confirmations and more with a command-line application. It requires no knowledge of Cocoa, and is ideal for use in shell and Perl scripts (or Ruby, or Python,......

13. 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.......

14. GNU readline

GNU readline GNU readline is a software library that provides line-editing and history capabilities for interactive programs with a command-line interface. It allows users to move the text cursor, search the command history, control a kill ring (a more flexible version of a copy/paste clipboard) and use tab completion on a text......

15. HyperTerm

HyperTerm A beautiful and extensible experience for command-line interface users, built on open web standards."In the beginning, our focus will be primarily around speed, stability and the development of the correct API for extension authors.In the future, we anticipate the community will come up with innovative additions to enhance what could......