Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Cygwin

Cygwin

Cygwin is a set of tools that provide Linux and POSIX functionality to Windows.

(0 reviews)

Post a review

Visit website Alternatives Status Page

Verify Cygwin Edit

Product categories

Command Line Tools DevOps Tools Developer Tools Development Emulators OS & Utilities SSH Server Configuration And Automation Server Management Terminal Terminal Tools Tool

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Cygwin are ConEmu, iTerm2, and mintty. 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
#Terminal Tools #Server Configuration And Automation #SSH 19 social mentions
iTerm2 Landing Page
2

iTerm2

A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Server Configuration And Automation #Developer Tools #SSH 111 social mentions
mintty Landing Page
3

mintty

Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #Server Configuration And Automation #SSH
wezterm Landing Page
4

wezterm

GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer made with Rust.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 47 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
#Terminal Tools #Server Configuration And Automation #SSH
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
#Terminal Tools #OS & Utilities #SSH
Git for Windows Landing Page
7

Git for Windows

We bring the awesome Git SCM to Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #Tool #Development 86 social mentions
tabby.sh
8

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 18 social mentions
Kitty terminal Landing Page
9

Kitty terminal

Super fast, GPU and OpenGL based terminal emulator with tiling support
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 93 social mentions
WindTerm Landing Page
10

WindTerm

WindTerm is a terminal emulator application that is used in cross-platforms such as SSH, Sftp, Shell, Telnet, and serial terminal and allows you to use the mouse to conduct any operation on its interface.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Server Configuration And Automation #Tool #Development
ST - Simple Terminal Landing Page
11

ST - Simple Terminal

st is a simple terminal implementation for X.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #Tool #Development 47 social mentions
Termux Landing Page
12

Termux

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