# PowerShell (open-source desktop app)

> PowerShell is a free, open-source desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Welcome to the PowerShell GitHub Community. It has 55,628 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. Its source code is on GitHub at PowerShell/PowerShell.

Welcome to the PowerShell GitHub Community! PowerShell is a cross-platform (Windows, Linux, and macOS) automation and configuration tool/framework that works well with your existing tools and is optimized for dealing with structured data (e.g. JSON, CSV, XML, etc.), REST APIs, and object models. It includes a command-line shell, an associated scripting language, and a framework for processing cmdlets.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 55,628 |
| License | MIT (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | C# |
| Website | https://microsoft.com/PowerShell |
| Official | yes (published by the project behind the app) |
| Category | Other |
| Latest release | v7.6.6 (Sep 8, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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