GioTux boots straight into its own shell environment — a persistent command set, its own app format, and a couple of modes to drop back into standard Windows tools when you need them.
GioTux takes over a console window and runs a real shell loop on top of your actual file system, with nothing replaced behind the scenes. Exit cleanly, and you're back to normal.
ls, cd, grep, find and friends do real work against real files — these aren't static text on screen, the commands actually run.
Save a color scheme once and it sticks. Write a .gtux app in a few lines. Drop a batch game in the games folder and it shows up as a command.
Need the real console back? cmd drops you into an unmodified DOS-style window. Need to actually fix something? Passcode-locked admin mode gives you the real tools, on purpose.
A preview of the prompt, right here in your browser. Type a command below.
Try help, ls, whoami, ginfo, cowsay [text], fortune, matrix, or sudo.
Requires Windows with cmd.exe (built in). PowerShell is used for a few extras like ginfo and the fullscreen switch — also built in on any modern Windows install. The gui command needs Python installed separately.
Looking for older builds or a changelog? See the releases page.