Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful open source UNIX applications compiled as native win32 binaries. Developed by Brent Matzelle
License: Open Source
Feature | gow | PuTTY |
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Developer Tools | ||
Built-in SSH client | ||
Telnet client | ||
Host management | ||
Terminal emulator | ||
ANSI color support | ||
Command line/bash | ||
Optimized for Windows | ||
PowerShell Scripting | ||
Scripting | ||
Command line | ||
Compatibility layers | ||
Portable Linux | ||
Portable | ||
Ssh tunnel | ||
Auto-saving | ||
Compiler | ||
Regular updates | ||
Command line interface | ||
Session management | ||
SSH | ||
Xterm emulation | ||
Configurable | ||
Download Accelerators | ||
Lightweight | ||
Support for SFTP | ||
Tabbed interface |