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Portable console emulator for Windows

http://gooseberrycreative.com/cmder/



Seems portable (not stealth, clink.log in \user\current\AppData\Local\clink) but I had some issues testing it sandboxed.

Cmder is just a packaged version of msysgit and ConEmu with a prebundled color scheme.

If you want better control, install msysgit Portable and ConEmu separately.

Still cool someone is developing it in this day and age, IMHO.

Baas post reminded me that I once briefly tested Clink (looks abandoned, the only remaining address is http://sourceforge.net/projects/clink.mirror/) only to drop it because I couldn't make it portable...

freakazoid wrote:If you want better control, install msysgit Portable and ConEmu separately.

Any guidance would be very welcome.

Midas wrote:Baas post reminded me that I once briefly tested Clink (looks abandoned, the only remaining address is http://sourceforge.net/projects/clink.mirror/) only to drop it because I couldn't make it portable...

It has moved to https://github.com/mridgers/clink - website here http://mridgers.github.io/clink/ - last update at GH two days ago

lintalist wrote:

Midas wrote:Clink

It has moved to https://github.com/mridgers/clink - website here http://mridgers.github.io/clink/ - last update at GH two days ago

Cool! Thanks for that, Lintalist.

I'll have to re-test that portable version shortly...

Cmder is a portable console emulator for Windows

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/22/cmder- ... r-windows/

A nice app. Now the site has moved to cmder.net

I'll just post a quick status update for Cmder, since on first impact it might feel daunting for a newcomer (like myself )...

http://cmder.net/ wrote:Cmder is a portable console emulator for Windows. Cmder is a software package created out of pure frustration over the absence of nice console emulators on Windows.

https://github.com/cmderdev/cmder wrote:Cmder is [...] based on ConEmu with major config overhaul, comes with a Monokai color scheme, amazing clink (further enhanced by clink-completions) and a custom prompt layout.

Cmder automatically detects and abides system bitness and comes in two versions, both free: mini, which is roughly 4MB big, and full, weighing a hefty 200MB+ after unpacking. The latest releases can be downloaded from the homepage.

IMHO, Cmder is a highly convenient turnkey portable and integrated console environment, only let down by the way its documentation is scattered about various sites (see next post about that).

Program Name	TPFC topic	Documentation URL	Current version / Changelog
Cmder http://cmder.net/	viewtopic.php?t=22051 (the present one)	http://github.com/cmderdev/cmder/wiki (sparse!)	v1.3.0 http://github.com/cmderdev/cmder/releases
ConEmu http://conemu.github.io/	viewtopic.php?t=20145	http://conemu.github.io/en/TableOfContents.html	v160710 https://conemu.github.io/en/Whats_New.html
Clink http://mridgers.github.io/clink/	viewtopic.php?t=21583	http://github.com/mridgers/clink/blob/m ... s/clink.md	v0.4.8 http://github.com/mridgers/clink/releases
Git For Windows http://git-for-windows.github.io/ (formerly msysgit)	viewtopic.php?t=20864	http://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki	v2.9.0 http://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/

My original plan was to post this table with information sources for Cmder and included utilities as part of the previous post but, for formatting reasons (I just can't seem to get rid of all the white space at the top), I decided to make it an extra post...

I use all of them except cmdr, which doesn't seem to work on XP. Clink is very quick and snappy. I also use Pycmd, although it's a little slower than Clink and hasn't been updated for awhile. Pycmd homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pycmd/

Cmder works perfectly under Windows 7 x64 SP1 -- for convenience I have it integrated with the context menu ("cmder.exe /REGISTER ALL")...

Instructions for Sublime Text integration are also available from github.com /cmderdev/cmder/wiki/Seamless-Sublime-Text-3-Integration.

Cmder v1.3.13 released 2019-11-03 (changelog at github.com /cmderdev/cmder/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).

As I mentioned five years ago, Cmder is just ConEmu and msysgit bundled together.

If you don't need git support, just get ConEmu.

freakazoid wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:28 am As I mentioned five years ago, Cmder is just ConEmu and msysgit bundled together.

If you don't need git support, just get ConEmu.

I didn't see that -- I've moved my post to the ConEmu thread. I don't need git.

Should we rename the thread "Cmder - packaged ConEmu and msysgit"?

webfork wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:11 amShould we rename the thread "Cmder - packaged ConEmu and msysgit"?

I don't think it's necessary to rename the thread.

ConEmu clearly states it is based off of ConEmu on their Github repository page: https://github.com/cmderdev/cmder/blob/master/README.md

Quote:

It is based on ConEmu with major config overhaul, comes with a Monokai color scheme, amazing clink (further enhanced by clink-completions) and a custom prompt layout.

One thing I just found out is you can download Cmder without git from their Github releases page:
https://github.com/cmderdev/cmder/releases

Download cmder_mini.zip instead of the full zip or 7z file.

webfork, you could just use their mini version if you like the prebundled look and feel of Cmder.