Things To Consider
Terminal emulators are used to access the command-line interface.
A good terminal emulator for Windows will be customizable both in its utility and aesthetics, offer lots of functionality and integrate well with Windows.
Some common things to expect from a modern Windows terminal emulator include tabs, split panes, theming, transparency, quake-style dropdown graphic mode, content re-flow when resizing the window, integration with jump lists and context menu and other applications.
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cmder
Recommended 2 months ago
want to learn more about terminals and commands
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Minimal and portable version availablePro
Extends the powerful ConEmuPro
Monokai color schemePro
Integrates with graphical applicationsPro
File explorer integrationCon
Issues with non-unicode charactersPro
Works nicely with command line applicationsPro
Has built-in Quake style drop-down modeCon
Not as portable as advertisedCon
The portable (mini) version does not have UNIX commandsCon
Slower than ConEmuCon
very very slowPro
Highly flexibleMobaXterm
Recommended 14 days ago
Has it all, and customization is simple. apt-get style repo's. Bash config is spot on.
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FlexiblePro
X server supportPro
Tabbed or split modePro
Full linux subsystem with package managerPro
Build in sftp file managerPro
Integral remote file editorPro
Integrates with WSLPro
Connection managerPro
Password vaultPro
Supports macro controls (multi commands in single screen)Pro
Server tools (HTTPD, SSHD, SFTPD, TTFT)Pro
SSH tunnel controls and forwarding UI controls makes it easyPro
ENV can use Windows PATHhyper
a month ago
On the surface a neat and simple console emulator. But on further examination, just plain annoying in many aspects. Confusing error messages, strange/unexpected behaviour at startup and extremely annoying notifications system that hasn't been fixed for quite some time. The plugin system only works when...
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It's customizablePro
Great aestheticsCon
Can be pretty unstableCon
Made with ElectronCon
Still maturing as of December 2016MobaXterm
Recommended 3 months ago
Free and has everything you need. This is the one to go for.
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