Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Cygwin

Product categories

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

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
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 18 social mentions
iTerm2 Landing Page
2

iTerm2

A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 98 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
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools
wezterm Landing Page
4

wezterm

GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer made with Rust.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 42 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
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools
Fig Terminal Landing Page
6

Fig Terminal

Fig adds VSCode-style autocomplete to your existing terminal. Move faster with Fig.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 37 social mentions
Electerm Landing Page
7

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
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools
Git for Windows Landing Page
8

Git for Windows

We bring the awesome Git SCM to Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #SSH #Development 80 social mentions
tabby.sh
9

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 17 social mentions
Termux Landing Page
10

Termux

Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal Emulators 56 social mentions
ST - Simple Terminal Landing Page
11

ST - Simple Terminal

st is a simple terminal implementation for X.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Terminal Tools #Development 44 social mentions
Kitty terminal Landing Page
12

Kitty terminal

Super fast, GPU and OpenGL based terminal emulator with tiling support
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Terminal Tools #Server Management 88 social mentions