PowerShell

cross-platform command-line interface and scripting language for system and network administration

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PowerShell

Summary

PowerShell is a command line interface language^[1]. PowerShell has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

PowerShell's instance of is recorded as command line interface language^[3].
PowerShell's instance of is recorded as interpreted language^[4].
PowerShell's instance of is recorded as operating system shell^[5].
PowerShell's instance of is recorded as command-line interface^[6].
PowerShell's instance of is recorded as console application^[7].
PowerShell's instance of is recorded as scripting language^[8].
PowerShell's developer is recorded as Microsoft^[9].
PowerShell's copyright license is recorded as MIT License^[10].
PowerShell's programmed in is recorded as Q2370^[11].
PowerShell's programmed in is recorded as Q840410^[12].
PowerShell's designed by is recorded as Jeffrey Snover^[13].
PowerShell's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows^[14].
PowerShell's operating system is recorded as Q11219^[15].
PowerShell's operating system is recorded as Q381^[16].
PowerShell's operating system is recorded as Q7715973^[17].
PowerShell's operating system is recorded as CentOS^[18].
PowerShell's operating system is recorded as Q215273^[19].
PowerShell's operating system is recorded as Q16691^[20].
PowerShell's operating system is recorded as Fedora Linux^[21].
PowerShell's operating system is recorded as Q185576^[22].
PowerShell's operating system is recorded as macOS^[23].
PowerShell's software version identifier is recorded as 6.0.0^[24].
PowerShell's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6.0^[25].
PowerShell's software version identifier is recorded as 0.5.0^[26].
PowerShell's software version identifier is recorded as 0.4.0^[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include command line interface language^[3], interpreted language^[4], operating system shell^[5], command-line interface^[6], console application^[7], and scripting language^[8].

Why It Matters

PowerShell has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

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Quick Facts

Instance of command line interface language, interpreted language, operating system shell, command-line interface, console application, scripting language

Inception November 14, 2006

Official website microsoft.com

Properties

Developer Microsoft

Imported from wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2

Influenced by Perl, Control Language, Python, KornShell, C Sharp (programming language), DIGITAL Command Language, SQL, Tcl, Tk, Chef, Puppet, GNU Bash, Puppet

Issue tracker url connect.microsoft.com, windowsserver.uservoice.com, github.com

Official blog url blogs.msdn.microsoft.com

Operating system Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, Ubuntu, Arch Linux, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenSUSE, Fedora Linux, Debian, macOS

Platform .NET Framework, .NET, Microsoft Windows

Programmed in C Sharp (programming language), PowerShell

Programming paradigm imperative programming, object-oriented programming, functional programming, reflective programming, procedural programming

Readable file format Windows PowerShell types (UTF-8), Windows PowerShell types, Windows PowerShell formatting, Windows PowerShell formatting (UTF-8), PowerShell Cmdlet Definition XML (UTF-8), PowerShell Cmdlet Definition XML, PowerShell script

Social media followers unit: 1, amount: +19359, unit: 1, amount: +17746, unit: 1, amount: +20845

Software quality assurance continuous integration

Software version identifier 6.0.0, 0.6.0, 0.5.0, 0.4.0, 0.3.0, 0.2.0, 0.1.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1.0, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.2.0, 6.1.4, 6.2.1, 6.1.5, 6.2.2, 6.1.6, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 7.0.0, 6.2.5, 7.0.1, 6.2.6, 7.0.2, 6.2.7, 7.0.3, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.1.2, 7.0.6, 7.1.3, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.12, 7.0.13, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.2.0, 7.2.3, 7.3.0, 7.2.8, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.3, 7.2.11, 7.3.4, 7.2.12, 7.3.5, 7.2.13, 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 7.3.8, 7.2.14, 7.2.15, 7.2.16, 7.2.17, 7.3.9, 7.3.10, 7.4.0, 7.4.1, 7.2.18, 7.3.11, 7.2.19, 7.3.12, 7.4.2, 7.2.21, 7.4.3, 7.2.22, 7.4.4, 7.2.23, 7.4.5, 7.2.24, 7.4.6, 7.4.7, 7.5.0, 7.5.1, 7.4.10, 7.4.11, 7.5.2, 7.2.20, 7.4.8, 7.4.9, 7.4.12, 7.5.3, 7.4.13, 7.5.4, 7.6.0, 7.6.1

Source code repository url github.com, github.com, github.com

Stack exchange tag stackoverflow.com

Topic's main category Category:PowerShell

Typing discipline dynamic typing, inference typing, strong typing, safe typing

Working title Monad, مُناد

Writable file format Windows PowerShell types (UTF-8), Windows PowerShell types, Windows PowerShell formatting, Windows PowerShell formatting (UTF-8), PowerShell Cmdlet Definition XML (UTF-8), PowerShell Cmdlet Definition XML

External References (28)

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Alternativeto software id powershell

Archwiki article PowerShell

Aur package powershell-bin, powershell, powershell-git

Chocolatey community package id powershell

Common vulnerabilities and exposures id CVE-2025-54100

Freebase id /m/03790v

Gentoo wiki article PowerShell

Github account PowerShell

Github topic powershell, windows-powershell

Gitlab topic id powershell

Gnd id 7563304-8

Lemmy community id [email protected]

Library of congress authority id sh2008003638

Microsoft store product id 9mz1snwt0n5d

National library of israel j9u id 987007552018905171

National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) XX5237721

Nl cr aut id ph433463

Open hub id powershell

Pro-linux.de dbapp id 2100

Quora topic id Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell, Windows-Powershell-Scripting

Repology project name powershell

Sciencedirect topic id computer-science/window-powershell, computer-science/powershell-shell, computer-science/powershell-command

Subreddit PowerShell, powershell

Wine appdb id 8049

X (twitter) username PowerShell_Team, azureposh

Yale lux id concept/564634b9-f5a4-4641-9a1f-854dc8116a4d

Zhihu topic id 19895594

🌐 Available in 36 languages

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