4DOS

Place

#5 of 27

Chart

Score

5.7

The facts below are what the maker publishes about 4DOS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From 4DOS's own pricing page, checked 14 Nov 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
4DOS	Free	Command processor for DOS · Free

Each one read from 4DOS's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Aliases and command history: It provides command aliases, directory history, and command-line editing and recall.checked 14 Nov 2026
Batch language: Its batch language includes subroutines, conditional logic, switch statements, exception handling, and more than 60 internal commands.checked 14 Nov 2026
Downloads and sources: The site lists original 7.50 sources and patches to create version 8.00.checked 14 Nov 2026
File operations: It supports copying, deleting, and renaming groups of files and directories.checked 14 Nov 2026
File selection: File selection can use date, time, size, and extended wildcards.checked 14 Nov 2026
Maintenance: The site's maintainer says the site is no longer maintained.checked 14 Nov 2026
Purpose: 4DOS replaces COMMAND.COM, the DOS command processor.checked 14 Nov 2026
Search and viewer: It can locate files or text and includes a file viewer with scrolling, search, and print features.checked 14 Nov 2026
Support: The product is described as officially unsupported, although its support forum may answer questions.checked 14 Nov 2026

DOS compatibility: The installation FAQ says 4DOS runs under MS-DOS, DR-DOS, IBM DOS, FreeDOS, PTS-DOS, and DOS windows in Windows versions.checked 14 Nov 2026