ConEmu vs Konsole
ConEmu
conemu.github.io
Konsole
konsole.kde.orgSide by side
| Figure | ConEmu | Konsole |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Terminal Emulators | 8.3 (#10) | 8.5 (#9) |
| Spec score · Terminal apps | 8.1 (#17) | 8.7 (#4) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The maker describes deep integration with Far Manager, including plugins, macros, thumbnails, and tiles. | The handbook documents a D-Bus interface for controlling Konsole windows and sessions. |
| Purpose | ConEmu is a local Windows terminal emulator that hosts console applications and simple GUI applications in one customizable tabbed window. | Konsole runs a command shell and provides a command-line interface for directly controlling a computer. |
| Scripting API | Yes | Yes |
| Split panes | Yes | Yes |
| SSH support | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The maker directs users to documentation, an issue tracker, a mailing list, and feedback links, and invites bug reports. | The page links to the Konsole Handbook, KDE Forum, bug reporting, and a developer mailing list. |
| Supported platforms | Windows | Linux,Windows,macOS |
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In their own words
Konsole
Konsole is a terminal emulator for running a command shell and controlling a computer through a text-based command line. It is listed for Linux, Windows, and macOS and is free and open source under GPL-2.0+. Tabs and multiple profiles organize sessions; profiles can also automate common commands, including SSH connections to another machine. A tab can be split into left-right or top-bottom views, and its layout can be saved to a file. Konsole supports bookmarks, searching, and saving output or scrollback as a text or HTML file. Monitoring can notify users about silence, activity, a shell prompt, or a finished process. With shell integration enabled, it distinguishes prompts, input, and output and provides visual hints for commands that resulted in errors. A D-Bus interface allows software to control Konsole windows and sessions. Linux installation options include application stores, distribution package managers, and Flathub. The project links to Windows and macOS platform pages, including nightly installers for Windows and macOS ARM and Intel; those builds are intended for testing and come from the latest development branch.