Cmder vs ConEmu
Cmder
cmder.app
ConEmu
conemu.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | Cmder | ConEmu |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Terminal Emulators | 8.2 (#14) | 8.3 (#10) |
| Spec score · Terminal apps | 7.9 (#25) | 8.1 (#17) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Scripting API | Yes | Yes |
| Split panes | Yes | Yes |
| SSH support | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The maker directs users to GitHub issues and notes that upstream ConEmu, Clink, and Git for Windows may be better places to find solutions. | The maker directs users to documentation, an issue tracker, a mailing list, and feedback links, and invites bug reports. |
| Supported platforms | Windows | Windows |
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In their own words
Cmder
Cmder is a free, portable console emulator package for Windows. It uses ConEmu with Clink enhancements, a Monokai color scheme, and a custom prompt layout. Tabs can run cmd.exe, PowerShell, Bash, and Mintty shells. The package supports split panes, a scripting API, and SSH. Settings, aliases, and history can travel with Cmder on a USB stick or in the cloud. The Full edition includes Git for Windows and its Unix commands in PATH; Mini excludes vendored Git binaries. Aliases are configured with the alias command and stored in config/aliases, while executable files placed in bin are added to PATH. Registering with /REGISTER ALL adds a “Cmder Here” option to File Explorer. The documentation describes starting the vendored SSH agent with start-ssh-agent. Mini is a roughly 7.8MB download; Full is about 100MB or 52MB as a 7z archive. The project is licensed under MIT.