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Cmder — pronounced “Commander” — is a pre-configured software package that provides you with an awesome terminal emulator, and the best shell you'll ever have on Windows.
Cmder builds on the powerful ConEmu terminal emulator by the excellent work of @Maximus5 to provide the best terminal experience on Windows, it uses the amazing Clink to provide a bash-like prompt using GNU's readline, and adds a bit of batch sugar (mostly developed by our outstanding developers, e.g. @daxgames) to add things like alias support, and also comes with Git on the full edition.
Cmder was originally created by Samuel Vasko.
Currently, @Stanzilla and @MartiUK are maintaining Cmder. You can also help by sharing your contribution to the source code, reporting bugs and help write this wiki.
In this Wiki, you'll find resources to better use Cmder, and configure it to your needs.
⚡ Did you know that...
- You can change the color and symbol in your prompt? Click here!
- You can launch Cmder's shell from any terminal? Click here!
- Cmder can run in VS Code and Windows Terminal? Click here!
- You may check out our official Cmder subreddit on Reddit.
- Cmder is also featured on a rant on devRant!
- …add more?
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Here's an unofficial way to install with 🍫 Chocolatey:
choco install cmder
You may ask @dtgm over Chocolatey to provide recent updates.
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Here's an unofficial way to install Cmder with 🍨 Scoop:
scoop install cmder
alternatively, you can install the Cmder full (which includes Git):
scoop install cmder-full
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There is now an Windows Installer for Cmder created by @mikecentola here:
https://github.com/mikecentola/cmder_inst(We haven't tested it out yet, but it seems to be promising!)
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Another alternative installed is based on Quail: Learn more!
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Moreover, you can check our great unofficial forks such as Shark (kenjio/shark) which is a bit outdated but adds more functionality such as an Installer and Cygwin/Babun support right out the box.
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Cmder is being used as the integrated Terminal in Laragon, a portable web development platform with support for PHP, Node.js, and many more!
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Powerline prompt for Cmder is available here: https://github.com/AmrEldib/cmder-powerline-prompt
Here's a demo of the cool shell prompt: 📷 Screenshot -
🦉 Owl Cmder Tools here: https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owl-cmder-tools
The official way to install Cmder as explained in the README is:
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Download the latest release
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Extract the archive to your desired folder, e.g.:
C:\apps\Cmder⚠ CAUTION:
This path should not beC:\Program Filesor anywhere else that would require Administrator access for modifying configuration files.
Furthermore, please do not place Cmder in a folder that will contain spaces in the path, e.g. NOT inC:\Users\etc\Google Drive. -
Set up the
%CMDER_ROOT%environment variable using the instructions here: Setting up Environment Variables -
Run
Cmder.exe
While Cmder comes with ConEmu as the default console emulator, it can in fact work with many of the other terminals, such as Windows Terminal, VS Code, ⚡ Hyper, and even ConsoleZ.
Currently @DRSDavidSoft maintains Cmder integration with external software (you may open a new issue if you have any questions).
Cmder can also work best with bash on Windows. Bash is the default shell found on *NIX systems such as Linux and formerly on macOS.
For the best experience, we suggest that you integrate your favorite IDEs with Cmder -- it makes your editor terminal work as productive as Cmder shell itself.
- Cmd – Manual, AutoRun
- Hyper – Guide, Info
- Tabby (formerly Terminus) – Guide, Info
- FluentTerminal – Guide, Info
- Windows Terminal – Guide, Info
- Sublime Text – Guide, Info
- VS Code – Guide, Info
- IntelliJ-based IDEs – Guide, e.g. Android Studio and PHPStorm
💡 Tip! Take a look at Cmder + Windows Terminal discussion, it's the best alternative to Cmder with ConEmu.
We're looking for active volunteers to maintain the Wiki. If you'd like to help, please refer to the Wiki contribution guidelines.