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ConEmu-Maximus5 is a Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.

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ConEmu-Maximus5 is a Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.


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Steve C.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"ConEmu makes my life a lot easier!"
ConEmu makes using CygWin a lot easier! And it remembers my configurations during version upgrades.
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Saias S.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"A much more pleasant alternative for your console."
An alternative system of very solid and attractive console, for me it has been incredible to work with this console because I can visualize with mo...
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5.0 out of 5
"More effective support and better management within a single environment."
It makes me a lot easier to work with the commands since I work with more than one command console, this makes my job much easier and saves me from...
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What do you like best about ConEmu?

ConEmu makes using CygWin a lot easier! And it remembers my configurations during version upgrades. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ConEmu?

I can't think of a significant negative - I am very pleased with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ConEmu solving and how is that benefiting you?

My main use for ConEmu is to run CygWin on my Windows system. I use CygWin a lot - running it via ConEmu has definite advantages! I set ConEmu to automatically run CygWin and then automatically start OhMyZShell. ZShell is far more user friendly than BASH, and it makes running Cygwin much more pleasurable. I also use ConEmu for Ubuntu. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ConEmu?

It makes me a lot easier to work with the commands since I work with more than one command console, this makes my job much easier and saves me from having to open more than one window. I see much more organized and detailed information regarding console commands. It is very nice and you can customize it a bit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ConEmu?

Although it is a console emulator is often limited with the options of work with linux consoles, it does not have support for the mac or the IOs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ConEmu:

You can see and control all the consoles within a single window, this will greatly facilitate your work environment and you will be more agile controlling your windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ConEmu solving and how is that benefiting you?

Having more than one design I can control the environment of the console windows in a better way to see and solve any detail in a single window. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ConEmu?

For my point of view it is totally useful to manage the console of terminals in window, it facilitates much the way in how you develop with the tools of console since it allows you a better visualization of the commands in the console, can handle it like any text editor In addition to providing a transparent interface so you can see a guide, it is very nice to work with this console manager since I can have more than one console in a single window. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ConEmu?

It is only available for window and it does not have the main characteristics that a shell could have that are the commands of general aids and the history of some command. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ConEmu:

Working with consoles is a bit tedious if you need to start a server or run a console that requires special commands, with this window command you can include all of them in a single window. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ConEmu solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is only available for window and it does not have the main characteristics that a shell could have that are the commands of general aids and the history of some command. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ConEmu?

ConEmu is a free and open-source tabbed terminal emulator for Windows whic has multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with tabs and status bar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ConEmu?

Everything is good at the moment, what i dislike is somehow this product can be used as well using Mac device. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ConEmu:

You wont regret using ConEmu and it will help your company to make the job a little bit easier for everyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ConEmu solving and how is that benefiting you?

ConEmu is a Windows console emulator with tabs, which by default, the interface is not the prettiest, but that only affects presentation, not functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ConEmu?

I like that I can have multiple tabs with different shells and terminals in one window. It can run command prompt, PowerShell, and bash terminals and keep it all neat and within reach of the same windows like most browsers which is what people are used to know a days Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ConEmu?

there is not much to dislike. I guess the only thing is that maybe I'm missing out on many other things that this product can do and there is so many ways to customize it and configure it that it can be somewhat hard to understand all of the options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ConEmu:

I would definitely suggest you give it a try. You can connect other terminals to it like gitbash and even azzure powershell (have not tried this), and it very easy to use right after install. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ConEmu solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use it mostly for our admins. The main benefit is that we can run our scripts from our windows machines for powershell and gitbash from the same interface and save time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ConEmu?

Open source, which makes it very easy to see documentation on updates and revision changes made, as well as being free Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ConEmu?

GUI does not look at modern as other terminal like applications that I've seen in other places. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ConEmu:

If you need an open sources application for windows terminal access, highly recommend this for low cost but high functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ConEmu solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use this primarily in our linux environments to be able to emulate the windows terminal for when we need to run specific windows applications on our environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ConEmu?

Customization

Several terminals on the same screen, divided into tabs

Easy to use

Simple and lightweight Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ConEmu?

I have not yet identified something I do not like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ConEmu:

I recommend the use of the tool, quite practical, easy to use, help in time management and support work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ConEmu solving and how is that benefiting you?

The ability to have multiple endpoints on the same screen, helps a lot at work, easy management, does not waste time opening other screens and minimizing one to maximize another. Personalization also helps, we can change the background colors and fonts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ConEmu?

- If you are coming from linux background and want to work on Windows platform, this tool is for you for using command line interface where you could use major liunx command

- Screencast option is really good

- User interface is too good

- Much better than windows terminal Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ConEmu?

I just loved this tool. Didnt find any issue working with this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ConEmu:

Just try once you would just love it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ConEmu solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using on daily basis for my software works Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ConEmu?

I love that I can manipulate multiple different console environments simultaneously inside the same program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ConEmu?

There's not much to dislike. Though I will say that the world of windows based terminals and other such options may soon render conemu unnecessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ConEmu:

ConEmu is great if you're coming from OS X or Linux into an all Windows environment. While there are more comprehensive solutions to getting a terminal interface in windows, ConEmu is great because it is free, easy to set up, and compatible with a number of different environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ConEmu solving and how is that benefiting you?

We run mostly windows machines here, so with ConEmu we can easily use terminal commands beyond what is possible by piecing it together in the command prompt. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ConEmu?

The interface with multiple tabs is very nice, as is the ability to make the screen translucent so that you can refer to reference pages in the background. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ConEmu?

The hotkeys are hard to set up and most have been mapped to something else already. So if your PC comes with some built in hotkey commands it's hard to find an available hotkey for minimization/maximization of the screen, for example.

Also, I would like to be able to run different types of terminals (like Anaconda or Git bash) but it's tricky to figure out how to set this up. The support on this topic is not great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ConEmu:

If you want a Windows Guake, this is 90% of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ConEmu solving and how is that benefiting you?

It gives me something to use while I'm on a Win machine that is a similar experience to Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.