Top 4 Open-Source Alternatives to Gnu On Windows

Product categories

Development Emulators Front End Package Manager OS & Utilities Package Manager SSH Server Configuration And Automation Server Management Terminal Tools Windows Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Gnu On Windows are ConEmu, Scoop, and BusyBox. 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
Scoop Landing Page
2

Scoop

A command-line installer for Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 155 social mentions
BusyBox Landing Page
3

BusyBox

BusyBox is a single binary that provides several stripped-down Unix tools in a single executable.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 14 social mentions
Git for Windows Landing Page
4

Git for Windows

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