Easy to Use

Prepend gsudo to make your command run elevated in the current console window. Just as Unix/Linux sudo. One UAC popup will appear.
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Easy to Install

Using Chocolatey: choco install gsudo
Using Scoop: scoop install gsudo
Using WinGet: winget install gerardog.gsudo
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Portable

gsudo is just a portable console app. No Windows service is required or system change is done, except adding gsudo to the Path.

Supports your preferred shell

Detects your shell and elevates your command as a native shell command. Currently supports CMD, PowerShell, WSL, MinGW/Git-Bash, MSYS2, Cygwin, Nushell, Yori and Take Command.

Credentials Cache

Too many UAC pop-ups? You can see less popups if you opt-in to enable the credentials cache, once you understand the security implications.
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Increase your productivity

Do not waste time opening a new window and switching context back and forth. Also avoid the "elevation fatigue" that leads to the malpractice of running everything elevated, and just elevate specific commands.