PowerShell

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

2006Appeared

dynamic typing, inference typing, safe typing, strong typingType system

7.6.9Latest version

Facts

Appeared: 2006
Type system: dynamic typing, inference typing, safe typing, strong typing
Latest version: 7.6.9 (October 25, 2026)
Kind: console application, operating system shell, scripting language, command-line interface, interpreted language, command line interface language
Paradigms: reflective programming, procedural programming, functional programming, imperative programming, object-oriented programming
Designed by: Jeffrey Snover
Developer: Microsoft
Influenced by: GNU Bash, KornShell, Puppet, C#, Chef, Control Language, Python, Perl, DIGITAL Command Language, SQL, Tcl, Tk +1
Implemented in: C#, PowerShell
Licence: MIT License
Platform: Microsoft Windows, .NET, .NET Framework
Operating system: Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, macOS, openSUSE, Arch Linux, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora Linux, Debian
Influences listed: 13

Framework	Kind	Licence
Ansible	infrastructure provisioning tool, infrastructure automation software, configuration manager, free software	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, proprietary license