Babun AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like Babun

Babun is described as 'Would you like to use a linux-like console on a Windows host without a lot of fuzz? Try out babun!' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Babun for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Arch Linux apps. The best Babun alternative is MobaXterm, which is free. Other great apps like Babun are Cmder, Cygwin, MinGW and MSYS2.

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  1. MobaXterm icon
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    MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super easy to use, lightweight and portable.

    154 MobaXterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  2. Cmder icon
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    Cmder is an open-source replacement for the Windows command-line. It relies on ConEmu , extending it with the power of clink and some great looking defaults including a Monokai color scheme and custom prompt...

    43 Cmder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • clink
    • ConEmu
    • Windows Command Prompt
    • PowerShell
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  3. Cygwin icon
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    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.

    28 Cygwin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. MinGW icon
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    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 which is suitable for the development of native MS-Windows (x86) applications, which do not depend on any...

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. MSYS2 icon
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    MSYS2 is an independent rewrite of MSYS, based on modern Cygwin (POSIX compatibility layer) and MinGW-w64 with the aim of better interoperability with native Windows software.

    26 MSYS2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  6. Command Prompt, also known as cmd.exe or cmd (after its executable file name), is the command-line interpreter on Windows NT, Windows CE, OS/2 and eComStation operating systems. It is the counterpart of COMMAND.

    47 Windows Command Prompt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  7. iTerm icon
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    iTerm 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 letter i represents a native Apple look and feel of the program interface, and an emphasis on complete...

    91 iTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8.  23 likes

    The project's goal is to deliver runtime, headers, and libs for developing 64 bit (x64), as well as 32 bit (x86), windows applications using gcc-4.4 or newer versions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9.  28 likes

    Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  10. Voktty icon
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    Voktty is an open-source, ultra-lightweight (~8MB) terminal-first developer workspace and AI-native environment built with Tauri 2, Rust, React 19, and xterm.js WebGL. Designed as a fast, resource-friendly alternative to heavy Electron IDEs and proprietary AI terminals, Voktty...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
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  11. superconsole icon
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    SuperConsole is a software collection based on ConEmu, MSYS2, Mintty, Zsh, Git for Windows, grml-zsh-config, Antigen and agkozak-zsh-theme projects, customized and configured for everyday use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Cash icon
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    Cash is a cross-platform implementation of Unix shell commands written in pure ES6.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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