Cmder AlternativesTop Terminal Emulators & Shells like Cmder

Cmder is described as 'Open-source replacement for the Windows command-line. It relies on ConEmu , extending it with the power of clink and some great looking defaults including a Monokai color scheme and custom prompt' and is a very popular terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Cmder for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Cmder alternative is ConEmu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cmder are Tabby, PowerShell, Windows Terminal and MobaXterm.

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  1. ConEmu icon

    ConEmu

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    Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.

    62 ConEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    Comments about ConEmu as an Alternative to Cmder
    iraklijishkariani
    Positive
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    cmder is based on conemu and they have many similarities

    alexanderprange
    Positive
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    After using the installer tool with ConEmu I experienced better performance than I did using cmder. Also it fixed the bug with the scrollback in ssh sessions.

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    • Almost everyone thinks ConEmu is a great Cmder alternative.

    • ConEmu is the most popular Windows alternative to Cmder.

    • ConEmu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Cmder.

    • ConEmu is Free and Open SourceCmder is also Free and Open Source
  2. Tabby icon

    Tabby

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    Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.

    106 Tabby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Tabby as an Alternative to Cmder
    alexanderprange
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    Tabby is a fantastic responsive feature full terminal. Better UI and almost as customizable as cmder. It would probably be my go to terminal if it didn't eat so much of my RAM.

    ahmed52
    Negative
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    clean ui , nice looking corss platform unlike cmder

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    • Tabby is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Cmder.

    • Tabby is Free and Open SourceCmder is also Free and Open Source
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    PowerShell

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    PowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework.

    68 PowerShell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
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    Windows Terminal

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    Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...

    103 Windows Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    MobaXterm

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    MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super easy to use, lightweight and portable.

    115 MobaXterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    Comments about MobaXterm as an Alternative to Cmder
    alexanderprange
    Positive
    0

    For throwing around a few commands, cmder takes the cake. When I plan to spend hours at my PC though Moba is the better choice

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Really nice for SSH connections. Has (limited) abilities with WSL (you can manually set up via Powershell to run command wsl -d {DistributionName} if you don't see WSL listed in the menu). Can run powershell, cmd, wsl. --Has tabs, so it's supernice for managing more ssh connections at once.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks MobaXterm is a great Cmder alternative.

    • MobaXterm is Freemium and ProprietaryCmder is Free and Open Source
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    Alacritty

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    Alacritty is a blazing fast, GPU accelerated terminal emulator. It’s written in Rust and uses OpenGL for rendering to be the fastest terminal emulator available. Alacritty is available on GitHub in source form.

    84 Alacritty alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Tess

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    Tess is a terminal emulator. It lets you have a full access to your computer, use command line based programs and many more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Hyper

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    Hyper™ is a beautiful and extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards. It provides an elegant command-line experience that is consistent across all supported platforms which includes macOS, Windows and various Linux distributions like Fedora and Debian.

    96 Hyper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
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    Comments about Hyper as an Alternative to Cmder
    Guest
    Negative
    3

    Limited out-of-box configurability,

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Hyper is a great Cmder alternative.

    • Hyper is Free and Open SourceCmder is also Free and Open Source
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    WezTerm

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    A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

    101 WezTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    MSYS2

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    MSYS2 is an independent rewrite of MSYS, based on modern Cygwin (POSIX compatibility layer) and MinGW-w64 with the aim of better interoperability with native Windows software.

    18 MSYS2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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