Open Source Windows Terminals
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View 6 business solutionsBrowse free open source Terminals and projects for Windows below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Terminals by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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Project has been moved to https://github.com/marchaesen/vcxsrv Windows X-server based on the xorg git sources (like xming or cygwin's xwin), but compiled with Visual C++ 2012 Express Edition. Source code can also be compiled with VS2008, VS2008 Express Edition and VS2010 Express Edition, although current project and makefile are not fully compatible anymore. Versions starting from 1.14.3.0 are not compatible with Windows XP anymore.
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eDEX-UI
Customizable science fiction terminal emulator
eDEX-UI is a fullscreen, cross-platform terminal emulator and system monitor designed with a customizable science fiction computer interface. Inspired by the TRON Legacy movie effects, eDEX-UI presents a futuristic look and feel while still being able to function as a full-featured terminal emulator. eDEX-UI offers advanced monitoring support for real-time systems and networks. It also offers full touchscreen support; a directory viewer; and for a completely unique sci-fi experience, advanced customization options via themes, on-screen keyboard layouts, CSS injections, and even optional sound effects. If you’re a science fiction fan or are just looking for something different in a terminal emulator, eDEX-UI will surely satisfy and give you a cool and unique experience. -
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Null-modem emulator
The virtual serial port driver for Windows.
The Null-modem emulator (com0com) is a kernel-mode virtual serial port driver for Windows. You can create an unlimited number of virtual COM port pairs and use any pair to connect one COM port based application to another. The HUB for communications (hub4com) allows to receive data and signals from one COM or TCP port, modify and send it to a number of other COM or TCP ports and vice versa. -
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RealTerm: Serial/TCP Terminal
Serial and TCP terminal for engineering and debugging
Serial terminal program for engineering. Ideal for development, reverse engineering, debugging, datalogging and capture, and automatic test. The website is a comprehensive manual for Realterm. It has an comprehensive ActiveX/COM automation support so it can be used a serial component by other programs. An extensive commandline interface supports batch files and simple automatic test programming. Commands can be sent to running instances, and commands can be stored and run in files. [ActiveX](http://realterm.sourceforge.net/index.html#ActiveX_Interface) and [Command Line](http://realterm.sourceforge.net/index.html#Command_Line_Parameters) commands are well documented. Sourceforge major releases are only made occasionally. To follow development versions see News and subscribe. -
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Windows Terminal
The New Windows Terminal
The Windows Terminal is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. -
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Tabby
A terminal for a more modern age
Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections. SSH2 client with a connection manager. SFTP and Zmodem file transfers. X11 and port forwarding. Jump hosts. Agent forwarding, including Pageant and Windows native OpenSSH Agent. Login scripts. Optional built-in password manager with a master passphrase. Proxy command support. Support for different shells in the same window. Better tab-completion cmd.exe thanks to Clink. Explorer menu integration. Optional portable mode. Current directory detection that works. Multiple connection profiles. Newline conversion. Text, reading and byte-by-byte input modes. Text and hexdump output modes. Zmodem, Non-standard baud rates. Simultaneous multi-pane input. Optional PuTTY style right-click paste and copy on select. macOS vibrancy and Win 10 fluent background support. -
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electerm
Terminal/SSH/SFTP client (Linux, Mac, Win)
electerm is a terminal/ssh/sftp client (Linux, Mac, Win) based on electron/ssh2/node-pty/xterm/antd/subx and many other libs. Works as a terminal/file manager or ssh/sftp client (similar to xshell). Global hotkey to toggle window visibility (similar to guake, default is ctrl + 2) Multi platform (Linux, Mac, Win). Multi-language support (electerm-locales, contributions/fixes welcome) Double click to directly edit (small) remote files. Edit (small) local files with built-in editor. Auth with publicKey + password. Support Zmodem (rz, sz). Support Trzsz (trz/tsz), similar to rz/sz, and compatible with tmux. Transparent window (Mac, Win). Terminal background image. Global/session proxy. Quick commands. UI/terminal theme. Sync bookmarks/themes/quick commands to GitHub/Gitee secret gist. Support serial Port (version > 1.21.8). Quick input to one or all terminals. -
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YAT
Yet Another Terminal :: Serial Communication :: Engineer/Test/Debug
Engineering, testing and debugging of serial communication. Supports RS-232/422/423/485 as well as TCP/IP Client/Server/AutoSocket, UDP/IP Client/Server/PairSocket and USB Ser/HID. Optimized for simple command sets of e.g. embedded systems. -
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Xming X Server for Windows
X Window System Server for Windows
Xming is the leading X Window System Server for Microsoft Windows 8/7/Vista/XP (+ server 2012/2008/2003). It is fully featured, small and fast, simple to install and because it is standalone native Microsoft Windows, easily made portable (not needing a machine-specific installation). -
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WindTerm
A professional cross-platform SSH/Sftp/Shell/Telnet/Serial terminal
A Quicker and better SSH/Telnet/Serial/Shell/Sftp client for DevOps. WindTerm is a partial open source project, and the source will be gradually opened. Open source code includes, but is not limited to, the classes that can be used independently, such as functional, algorithms, GUI widgets, etc., as well as functional libraries, such as networks, protocols, etc., as well as all types that require open source according to the license. SSH v2, Telnet, Raw TCP, Serial, Shell protocols were implemented. Supports SSH auto-execution when the session is authenticated. Integrated local file manager, supports the move to, copy to, copy from, remove, rename, make new file/directory and so on. Supports Windows Cmd, PowerShell and Cmd, PowerShell as administrator. Supports Linux bash, zsh, PowerShell core, and so on. Supports MacOS bash, zsh, PowerShell core, and so on. -
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IPATool
Command-line tool that allows searching and downloading app packages
ipatool is a command line tool that allows you to search for iOS apps on the App Store and download a copy of the app package, known as an ipa file. Supported operating system (Windows, Linux or macOS). Apple ID is set up to use the App Store. To authenticate with the App Store, use the auth command. To search for apps on the App Store, use the search command. To obtain a license for an app, use the purchase command. To download a copy of the ipa file, use the download command. -
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PEASS-ng
Privilege Escalation Awesome Scripts SUITE
These tools search for possible local privilege escalation paths that you could exploit and print them to you with nice colors so you can recognize the misconfigurations easily. All the scripts/binaries of the PEAS suite should be used for authorized penetration testing and/or educational purposes only. Any misuse of this software will not be the responsibility of the author or of any other collaborator. Use it at your own machines and/or with the owner's permission. Here you will find privilege escalation tools for Windows and Linux/Unix and MacOS. Find the latest versions of all the scripts and binaries in the releases page. Check the parsers directory to transform PEASS outputs to JSON, HTML and PDF. -
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Thinstation is a thin client linux distro using std. x86 hw. It can boot from network, pxe, syslinux, CD, floppy or flash-disk and connect to servers using VNC, RDP, XDM, SSH, Telnet, tn5250, tarentella, 2X, NX, Thinlinc, VMWare VDI or ICA.
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tmux
tmux is a terminal multiplexer
tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached. This release runs on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, OS X and Solaris. tmux depends on libevent 2.x, and on ncurses. To build tmux, a C compiler (for example gcc or clang), make, pkg-config and a suitable yacc (yacc or bison) are needed. Some platforms provide binary packages for tmux. -
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Sudo
Utility to execute a command as another user
Sudo is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. The basic philosophy is to give as few privileges as possible but still allow people to get their work done. Before building sudo, make sure you have the current version. The latest sudo may always be gotten via anonymous ftp from ftp.sudo.ws in the directory /pub/sudo/ or from the sudo website. -
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Terminus
A terminal for a more modern age
Terminus is a highly configurable terminal emulator for Windows, macOS and Linux. Features an integrated SSH client and connection manager. Provides theming and color schemes, fully configurable shortcuts, and split panes. Remembers your tabs. With PowerShell (and PS Core), WSL, Git-Bash, Cygwin, Cmder and CMD support. Enables direct file transfer from/to SSH sessions via Zmodem. Full Unicode support including double-width characters. Terminus doesn't choke on fast-flowing outputs. Allows proper shell experience on Windows including tab completion (via Clink). Terminus is an alternative to Windows' standard terminal (conhost), PowerShell ISE, PuTTY or iTerm. Terminus is not a new shell or a MinGW or Cygwin replacement. Neither is it lightweight - if RAM usage is of importance, consider Conemu or Alacritty. -
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SyncTERM
Cross-platform BBS (ANSI) Terminal
A cross-platform ANSI-BBS terminal designed to connect to remote BBSs via telnet, rlogin, or SSH. Supports ANSI music and the IBM charset when possible. Will run from a console, under X11 using XLib, or using SDL. -
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syft
CLI tool and library for generating a Software Bill of Materials
CLI tool and library for generating a Software Bill of Materials from container images and filesystems. syft is a CLI tool and Go library for generating a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from container images and filesystems. Exceptional for vulnerability detection when used with a scanner like Grype. Generates SBOMs for container images, filesystems, archives, and more to discover packages and libraries. Supports OCI, Docker and Singularity image formats. Linux distribution identification. Works seamlessly with Grype (a fast, modern vulnerability scanner). Able to create signed SBOM attestations using the in-toto specification. Convert between SBOM formats, such as CycloneDX, SPDX, and Syft's own format. -
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TeraTerm Project is developing the terminal emulator Tera Term and the SSH compatible extension module TTSSH. This is open source software under the BSD license. This is the official successor to the original Tera Term Pro 2.3. Development takes place on the project page on GitHub.
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airgeddon
This is a multi-use bash script for Linux systems
airgeddon is an alive project growing day by day. Interface mode switcher (Monitor-Managed) keeping selection even on interface name changing. DoS over wireless networks using different methods (mdk3, mdk4, aireplay-ng). "DoS Pursuit mode" is available to avoid AP channel hopping (available also on DoS performed on Evil Twin attacks). Full support for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands. Assisted WPA/WPA2 personal networks Handshake file and PMKID capturing. Cleaning and optimizing Handshake captured files. Offline password decrypting on WPA/WPA2 captured files for personal networks (Handshakes and PMKIDs) using a dictionary, brute-force, and rule-based attacks with aircrack, crunch and hashcat tools. Enterprise networks captured password decrypting based on john the ripper, crunch, asleap and hashcat tools. GPU support available for hashcat. Only Rogue/Fake AP mode to sniff using external sniffer (Hostapd + DHCP + DoS). -
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Radare2
UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset
A free/libre toolchain for easing several low-level tasks like forensics, software reverse engineering, exploiting, and debugging. It is composed by a bunch of libraries (which are extended with plugins) and programs that can be automated with almost any programming language. It is recommended to install it from git, alternatively, you can pick the last release (every 6 weeks) from Github. Batch, Commandline, visual, and panels interactive modes. Embedded webserver with js scripting and WebUI. Assemble and disassemble a large list of CPUs. Runs on Windows and any other UNIX flavor out there. Analyze and emulate code with ESIL. Native debugger and GDB, WINDBG, QNX, and FRIDA. Navigate ASCII-art control flow graphs. Ability to patch binaries, and modify code or data. Search for patterns, magic headers, and function signatures. Easy to extend and modify. Commandline, C API, script with r2pipe in any language. -
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Terminator
multiple GNOME terminals in one window
Terminator was originally developed by Chris Jones in 2007 as a simple, 300-ish line Python script. Since then, it has become The Robot Future of Terminals. Originally inspired by projects like quadkonsole and gnome-multi-term and more recently by projects like Iterm2, and Tilix, It lets you combine and recombine terminals to suit the style you like. If you live at the command line or are logged into 10 different remote machines at once, you should definitely try out Terminator. -
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arduino-cli
Arduino command line tool
Arduino CLI is an all-in-one solution that provides Boards/Library Managers, sketch builders, board detection, uploader, and many other tools needed to use any Arduino compatible board and platform from the command line or machine interfaces. In addition to being a standalone tool, Arduino CLI is the heart of all official Arduino development software (Arduino IDE, Arduino Web Editor). The script requires sh, which is always available on Linux and macOS. sh is not available by default on Windows, though it is available as part of Git for Windows (Git Bash). If you don't have sh available, use the "Download" installation option. If you would like to use the arduino-cli command from any location, install Arduino CLI to a directory already in your PATH or add the Arduino CLI installation path to your PATH environment variable. -
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Windows ACME Simple (WACS)
A simple ACME client for Windows (for use with Let's Encrypt et al.)
This is a ACMEv2 client for Windows that aims to be very simple to start with, but powerful enough to grow into almost every scenario. A very simple interface to create and install certificates on a local IIS server. A more advanced interface for many other use cases, including Apache and Exchange. Automatically creates a scheduled task to renew certificates when needed. Get certificates with wildcards, international names, OCSP Must Staple extension (optional). Re-use private keys for DANE, use EC crypto or bring your own CSR. Advanced toolkit for DNS, HTTP and TLS validation: SFTP/FTPS, acme-dns, Azure, Route53, Cloudflare and many more. Store your certificates where and how you want them: Windows, IIS Central Store, .pem files, .pfx file or KeyVault. Compatible with all popular ACME services, including Let’s Encrypt, ZeroSSL, DigiCert, Sectigo, Buypass, Keyon and others. Completely unattended operation from the command line. -
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WezTerm
GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator
WezTerm is a GPU-accelerated, cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer built in Rust by Wez Furlong. Designed for speed and modern hardware, WezTerm offers smooth rendering and excellent performance on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It supports multiple tabs and panes, configurable keybindings, and integrates well with shell environments. WezTerm is highly customizable and focuses on providing a powerful, flexible terminal experience for developers and system administrators. It also supports serial terminal emulation, making it useful beyond just local shells. The project is open source and maintained actively, with a vibrant community available for support via GitHub Discussions and chat platforms. With over 21,000 stars on GitHub, WezTerm is recognized for its speed, robustness, and developer-friendly features.
