Cmder Alternatives for Mac

Cmder is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Tabby Terminal, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Cmder and nine of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Cmder are PowerShell, Hyper, WezTerm and WindTerm.

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Cmder

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Terminal Emulator
Free • Open Source

Cmder is an 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...

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Cmder alternatives page was last updated Nov 19, 2023

Tabby Terminal
Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.
94 Tabby Terminal alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top Tabby Terminal Features
1. SSH
2. Command line interface
3. Support for SFTP
4. Multiple Servers
5. Customizable
6. Portable
7. Dark Mode
8. Serial-port
9. Syntax Highlighting
10. Ad-free
11. Support for Themes
12. Works Offline
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Tabby Terminal VS Cmder
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Comments about Tabby Terminal as an Alternative to Cmder

alexanderprange
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.
Comment •Mar 4, 2022
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ahmed52
clean ui , nice looking corss platform unlike cmder
Negative comment •Jan 8, 2022
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- Tabby Terminal is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Cmder.
- Tabby Terminal is Free and Open SourceCmder is also Free and Open Source

PowerShell
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.
64 PowerShell alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
PowerShell Features
1. Support for scripting
2. PowerShell Scripting
3. Optimized for Windows
4. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
5. Autocompletion
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Hyper
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.
89 Hyper alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
+3
Top Hyper Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
2. Command line interface
3. Support for Themes
4. Electron based
5. Split-screen view
6. Clean design
7. Tiling Panes
8. Uses Packages
9. Plugin API
10. Divisible
11. Skinnable
12. Customizable
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Comments about Hyper as an Alternative to Cmder

Guest
Limited out-of-box configurability,
Negative comment •Jul 21, 2018
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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

WezTerm
A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust
89 WezTerm alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top WezTerm Features
1. GPU Acceleration
2. Configurable
3. Lua scripting
4. Support for Themes
5. Hyperlinks
6. Lightweight
7. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
8. Support for scripting
9. Font Ligature Support
10. WSL integreation
11. Split tabs
12. Multi panel
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WindTerm
A professional SSH/Telnet/Serial/Shell/Sftp client for DevOps.
49 WindTerm alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
WindTerm Features
1. Support for SFTP
2. SSH
3. Portable
4. X server
5. Syntax Highlighting
6. Support for Themes
7. Lightweight
8. Command palette
9. Cross-Platform
10. Outliner
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eDEX-UI
A science fiction terminal emulator designed for large touchscreens that runs on all major OSs. - GitSquared/edex-ui
4 eDEX-UI alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Terminal Emulator
- Shell
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
eDEX-UI Features
Command line interface
Sci-fi
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Shellngn
Shellngn is a cloud based SSH client with SFTP and Telnet support. Manage your servers anywhere you are, with a professional and feature-rich SSH and SFTP Client.
93 Shellngn alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
Shellngn Features
Web-Based
Telnet client
Support for SFTP
SSH
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- Shellngn is the most popular Web-based alternative to Cmder.
- Shellngn is Freemium and ProprietaryCmder is Free and Open Source

rxvt-unicode
Rxvt-unicode is a highly customizable terminal emulator forked from rxvt. Commonly known as urxvt, rxvt-unicode can be daemonized to run clients within a single process in order to minimize the use of system resources.
60 rxvt-unicode alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
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terminalpp
terminalpp (terminal++) is a minimalist but powerful terminal emulator which provides the same features and user experience on both Windows and Linux.
23 terminalpp alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Terminal Emulator
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
terminalpp Features
Lightweight
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