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MSYS2

A Cygwin-derived software distro for Windows using Arch Linux's Pacman subtitle

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to MSYS2

Termux BusyBox MinGW-w64 Blink Shell ConEmu iSH ConnectBot Git for Windows tail iTerm2

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to MSYS2 are Termux, BusyBox, and MinGW-w64. 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.
  1. 1
    Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal Emulators 56 social mentions

  2. 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

  3. The project's goal is to deliver runtime, headers, and libs for developing 64 bit (x64), as...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 7 social mentions

  4. 5
    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

  5. 6

    iSH

    The Linux shell on iOS.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Emulators 44 social mentions

  6. ConnectBot is a Secure Shell client for the Android platform.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 2 social mentions

  7. We bring the awesome Git SCM to Windows
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Development 80 social mentions

  8. 9
    Tail is a Data Management Platform offering audience segmentation​ solutions to brands around the world.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Ad Networks #Small Business #Marketing Platform 1 social mentions

  9. 10
    A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 98 social mentions

  10. A new command line interface for Windows machines
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 2 social mentions

  11. A delightful community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Programming #Terminal 58 social mentions

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