There's no need to repeat the features list but if I would have to vote for something, I would say 'flexibility'. From what I've read, it's the most popular Windows® console replacement so if you tried other similar tools such as Take Command (shareware) or Console (I have no idea why most people named it 'Console2', as the original name is 'Console' and 2 is current version number), ConEmu might be the best alternative. Just like someone else said, this is a tool 'made for developers by a developer'. If you never used Windows® CMD command prompt and you're not familiar with other utilities such as FAR Manager you won't be able to appreciate this tiny piece of software. many others - see the full list of features here. user friendly support for window resizing, text and block selection. support for 24-bit colors, thumbnails and tiles in Far Manager. use different window fonts: bold, italic, height, width etc. use different graphic window modes (Quake-style slide down, normal, maximized and full screen). Windows 7 Jump Lists and Progress on Taskbar buttons. offers (limited) support for BDF fonts. it has ANSI X3.64 and Xterm 256 colors. DosBox integration (you can use ConEmu to redirect DOS applications to DosBox). Trademark Note 1: Microsoft®, Windows® and other product names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Although this is an advanced console and not a shell, you can run any shell that you want and it has an extensive list of features. This is an Open Source project (BSD license) and you can run it on Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or later. It was primarily developed as a Far Manager (a popular file manager, text editor) companion but now, you can use ConEmu with other console and GUI apps that runs on Windows® such as PowerShell, bash, PuTTY, Notepad and many others. You can run in ConEmu two types of applications (1) 'console' such as cmd.exe, powershell.exe, Far Manager, bash, etc., and (2) 'graphical' (GUI) like Notepad, PuTTY, KiTTY, GVim, Notepad, mintty and so on.ĬonEmu acts as terminal (aka console emulator) for 'console' type applications and sort of tabbed environment (holder) for GUI applications. ConEmu (also known as ConEmu-Maximus5) is an advanced console window (also known as local terminal emulator).

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