Scripting software & tools

The editors, IDEs, runtimes, and utilities that pair well with the scripts on this site — curated, not hosted. Each link goes to the official source.

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Alacritty

GPU-accelerated, minimalist terminal emulator focused on speed.

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Clink

Adds Bash-style line editing and history to cmd.exe.

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Cmder

Portable console emulator built on ConEmu, bundled with Git for Windows tools.

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ConEmu

Highly configurable terminal emulator for Windows with tabs and split panes.

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Fluent Terminal

Terminal emulator for Windows built with the Fluent Design System.

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Git Bash

Bash emulation for Windows bundled with Git for Windows.

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Hyper

Terminal built on web technologies (Electron), themeable and plugin-based.

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KiTTY

Fork of PuTTY with extra features like session filters and portability.

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MobaXterm

All-in-one terminal with X server, SSH, and tabbed remote sessions.

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mRemoteNG

Open-source, tabbed remote connections manager (RDP, SSH, VNC, and more).

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Nushell

Modern shell that treats data as structured tables rather than plain text.

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PuTTY

Classic, lightweight SSH/Telnet client for Windows.

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Tabby

Highly configurable terminal with SSH/Serial connections and themes.

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WezTerm

GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator with a Lua config language.

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Windows Terminal

Microsoft's modern, tabbed terminal app for PowerShell, CMD, and WSL.