Clink

Clink 1.9.35

Clink combines the native Windows shell cmd.exe with the powerful command line editing features of the GNU Readline library, which provides rich completion, history, and line-editing capabilities.

  • By Christopher Antos
  • Open Source
  • Updated Oct 25, 2026
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About Clink

Clink combines the native Windows shell cmd.exe with the powerful command line editing features of the GNU Readline library, which provides rich completion, history, and line-editing capabilities. Readline is best known for its use in the well-known Unix shell Bash, the standard shell for Mac OS X and many Linux distributions.

Technical details

PublisherChristopher Antos
AuthorChris Antos
Version1.9.35
Release date2026-10-25
LicenseGPL-3.0
Installer typenullsoft
Architecturex86
Package IDchrisant996.Clink

Links & install command

Install Clink from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=chrisant996.Clink -e

cmdcommand-linereadlineshell

Older versions

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