cmder vs Chocolatey

Cmder builds on ConEmu console emulator, by adding enhancements from clink (such as bash-style completion in cmd.exe and PowerTab in powershell.exe) and optionally extending it with msysgit, that brings Unix tools to Windows.

There is a portable version of cmder available which is just 10 MB in size. It can be put on an external device, like a USB stick, and run off it. There's no installation required.

This is an extremely useful mode whereby the console hides and shows on ctrl+~ similar to a gaming console. This feature is inherited from ConEmu.

Such applications include CMD, Powershell, and MinTTY.

Cmder can be added to the right-click menu, allowing the user to start a terminal session from the selected directory with a "Cmder Here" command. The functionality can be enabled by opening up a terminal with administrator privileges, navigating to the Cmder folder and executing .\cmder.exe /REGISTER ALL.

Cmder pretties up the default look of ConEmu using Monokai color scheme out of the box and allows flexible color and transparency schemes, including custom out-of-focus opacity.

Portable GUI applications can be integrated directly into the interface of the terminal emulator.

For example, it's possible to integrate ST3 with cmder by moving the portable version of ST3 to /cmder/vendor/ and editing alias file in /cmder/config/aliases to include subl="%CMDER_ROOT%\vendor\Sublime Text 3\sublime_text.exe" $1 -new_console:s75V. Now writing subl in the command line will open ST3. The alias of subl can be changed to whatever's needed and similarly, the -new_console option's parameters can be changed to alter how the text editor integrates with the terminal emulator. It can be horizontal or vertical splits of varying sizes or tabs, etc.

CMDer works great with the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Just change your startup task to point to the bash.exe file.

Integrates with:

• cygwin
• mintty
• powershell
• msysgit

Set ZSH as shell using "chsh" command, and launch the console using "ubuntu1804" command.

Cmder can be used with popular editors such as VS Code, which delivers aliases and clink as well as its color scheme to VS Code.
It can also be used without ConEmu and Hyper as an alternative terminal emulator, which makes customizing the UI through NPM plugins much easier.

Chocolatey has a massive community package repository of installs (more than 4,000 packages), and its open nature allows everyone to contribute more as needed.

Installs silently without crapware.

Just open powershell and type choco install firefox to install Firefox, or choco install java to install Java.

To install Chocolatey simply copy the text from their site and paste it into either cmd.exe or powershell.

choco upgrade all is like Windows Update for all of your 3rd party software. ... or for the more succinct command use 'cup' !!

Chocolatey requires checksums by default for files downloaded over non-secure locations and highly recommends it for HTTPS/SSL locations. It is moving towards requiring checkums by default for downloading from secure locations.

From install to upgrade to uninstall, Chocolatey manages the whole process.

You can put Chocolatey install commands into your powershell scripts.

It's licensed under Apache License 2.0 with source code available on GitHub.

Packages can be installed from multiple sources, including private sources.

Unattended installation and PowerShell.

There's a package called ChocolateyGUI that can be installed and lets you use Chocolatey with a UI frontend.

Chocolatey integrates with almost every infrastructure automation tool out there.

There is a business edition available for organizations that need more support. The business edition also includes a Package Synchronizer, Package Internalizer, Package Builder, and a host of other features.

Chocolatey allows installing extension packages that add PowerShell functions to your package automation scripts.

It has programs that can't be found in scoop or ninite.

It has ability to add custom sources.