ConEmu AlternativesTop Terminal Emulators and other similar apps like ConEmu

ConEmu is described as 'Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features' and is a very popular terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to ConEmu for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and GNOME apps. The best ConEmu alternative is Cmder, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ConEmu are Tabby Terminal, Windows Terminal, PowerShell and iTerm2.

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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.

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  1. Cmder icon
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    Cmder

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    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 scheme and custom prompt...

    39 Cmder alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • clink
    • ConEmu
    • Windows Command Prompt
    • PowerShell
    Vim
    Split View

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Command line/bash
    3.  Portable
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  ANSI color support
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Autocompletion
    8. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    9.  Command line interface
    10.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    11.  Built-in SSH client
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    Comments about Cmder as an Alternative to ConEmu
     
    StphaneJah

    it's based on ConEmu, but it adds interresting features like "unix like" navigation with "ls" and "tab" completion

    Positive comment •Apr 23, 2019
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    Guest

    The arrow keys work, they stop working occasionally on ConEmu

    Positive comment •Feb 13, 2017
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    • Almost everyone thinks Cmder is a great ConEmu alternative.

    • Cmder is the most popular Windows alternative to ConEmu.

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

    • Cmder is Free and Open SourceConEmu is also Free and Open Source
    • Cmder is Customizable and LightweightConEmu is not according to our users
  2. Tabby Terminal icon
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    Tabby Terminal

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

    98 Tabby Terminal alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Tabby Terminal screenshot 1
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Support for SFTP
    4.  Multiple Servers
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Portable
    7.  Serial-port
    8.  Electron based
    9.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Tabbed interface
    12.  Ad-free
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    • Tabby Terminal is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to ConEmu.

    • Tabby Terminal is Free and Open SourceConEmu is also Free and Open Source
    • Tabby Terminal is CustomizableConEmu is not according to our users
  4. Windows Terminal icon
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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...

    97 Windows Terminal alternatives
    White and dark theme showcase

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Multiple shells
    3.  WSL integreation
    4.  Background transparency
    5.  Configured in JSON
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    8.  Multiple window layouts
    9.  Multi-tabs
    10.  Support for scripting
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Ad-free
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  5. PowerShell icon
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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.

    65 PowerShell alternatives
    PowerShell screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    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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  6. iTerm2 icon
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    iTerm2

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    iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. It works on Macs with macOS 10.10 or newer. iTerm2 brings the terminal into the modern age with features you never knew you always wanted.

    80 iTerm2 alternatives
    By Itself

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Autocomplete
    Split Panes
    +9
    Paste History

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Supports Python
    2.  SSH
    3.  Integrated Search
    4.  Key binding
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Multiple Profiles
    7.  Split windows
    8.  Quake-style
    9.  Notifications
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  7. Ghostty icon
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    Ghostty

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    Cross-platform terminal emulator balancing speed, platform-native UI, and modern features. Designed for an enhanced interactive CLI environment, offering full standards compliance for seamless integration with shells and CLI tools.

    51 Ghostty alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Cross-Platform
    2.  GPU Acceleration
    3.  Tabbed interface
    4.  Split-screen view
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Syntax Highlighting
    7.  Portable
    8.  Support for scripting
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  No registration required
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  Works Offline
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  9. MobaXterm icon
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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.

    107 MobaXterm alternatives
    MobaXterm tabbed terminal

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Graphical SFTP browser
    Multi-execution
    +7
    Remote Unix desktop (XDMCP)

    Top MobaXterm Features

    1.  X server
    2.  Support for SFTP
    3.  SSH
    4.  Tabbed interface
    5.  Embedded Xserver
    6.  Portable
    7.  RDP Functionality
    8.  Multiple Terminal
    9.  Support for Multiple protocols
    10.  Built-in File Manager
    11. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    12.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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  10. Alacritty icon
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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.

    80 Alacritty alternatives
    Alacritty screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Alacritty screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  GPU Support
    2.  No input delay
    3.  Portable
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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  11. Kitty terminal icon
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    Kitty terminal

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    Kitty ( not to be confused with KiTTY ) is a powerful, cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator. It offloads rendering to the GPU and uses OpenGL for fast, cross-platform performance with built-in tiling layouts as well as graphic, unicode...

    80 Kitty terminal alternatives
    Kitty terminal screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Kitty terminal screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  GPU based
    2.  Font Ligature Support
    3.  Split-screen view
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  Tiling Layouts
    6.  Full keyboard shortcuts
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  Syntax Highlighting
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  12. Terminator icon
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    Terminator

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    Terminator enables the user to run and manage multiple terminal emulators side-by-side in the same window. The main focus is arranging terminals in a grid. (Tabs is the most common default method, which Terminator also supports.

    85 Terminator alternatives
    Terminator is running Vim, Bash, and Python side by side.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
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    Terminator screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Split-screen view
    2.  Function Key Shortcuts
    3.  Tiling Layouts
    4.  Split windows
    5.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  Multiple Terminal
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  13. GNOME Terminal icon
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    GNOME Terminal

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    GNOME Terminal is a terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment written by Havoc Pennington and others. Terminal emulators allow users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical desktop.

    68 GNOME Terminal alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Background transparency
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    KiTTY

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    KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.

    90 KiTTY alternatives
    transparency settings

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    send to tray

    Top KiTTY Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Session Management
    3.  Portable
    4.  Auto-login
    5.  Ssh tunnel
    6.  Multiple Browser Tabs
    7.  Command line interface
    8.  VPS
    9.  Auto-saving
    10.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    11.  Built-in editor
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