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 Homebrew 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
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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.

    63 ConEmu alternatives

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    • Windows
     
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    ConEmu vs Cmder Comments
    iraklijishkariani
    Positive
    6

    cmder is based on conemu and they have many similarities

    alexanderprange
    Positive
    0

    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.

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

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

    109 Tabby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Tabby vs Cmder Comments
    alexanderprange
    0

    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
    -1

    clean ui , nice looking corss platform unlike cmder

    • Tabby is Free and Open SourceCmder is also Free and Open Source
  3. PowerShell icon
     200 likes

    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 (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
     
  4. 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...

    105 Windows Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
     
  5. MobaXterm icon
     228 likes

    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.

    118 MobaXterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    MobaXterm vs Cmder Comments
    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.
    • MobaXterm is Freemium and ProprietaryCmder is Free and Open Source
  6. Alacritty icon
     70 likes

    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.

    88 Alacritty alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Tess icon
     16 likes

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

    63 Tess alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Hyper icon
     83 likes

    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.

    99 Hyper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
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    Hyper vs Cmder Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    3

    Limited out-of-box configurability,

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Hyper is Free and Open SourceCmder is also Free and Open Source
  9. WezTerm icon
     21 likes

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

    104 WezTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. MSYS2 icon
     47 likes

    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.

    20 MSYS2 alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
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