Question: Why still maintain this?

[benja2998]

Question

Is there a proper reason this is still being maintained after Windows Terminal was released?

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• I have read the documentation and made sure what I'm looking for isn't present, or is unclear.
• I have searched for similar issues, and either this question wasn't asked before, or I didn't find any that describe my question.

[Dax T Games]

Because it is more than just Windows Terminal.

Windows Terminal replaces ConEmu,one component of Cmder.

The strengrh of Cmder is not the terminal emulator but the whole package and all the config and features. Look at the Readme.md

• clink w/ clink completions provides readline tunctionality and enhanced command completion.
• Git aware prompts
• Cmd, Powershell, and Git Bash in a single window
• 0 config setup.

We even offer a version of Cmder that bundles Windows Terminal instead of ConEmu.

[David Refoua]

@benja2998 Have you used any of the profiles in the Windows Terminal, besides the default one?

Think of Cmder as a WT profile that gives you all of the goodies that @daxgames mentioned. Windows Terminal is just the actual "console emulator" window. You'll need a shell to run within it, like PowerShell, cmd, bash, etc. And those shells require user configuration to be "useful".

What you'll get with Cmder is a proper shell with clink, the completions, git prompt, and some more utilities that a vanilla Windows Terminal would never provide (as they shouldn't) because WT is just the terminal emulator portion, whereas Cmder is a package that provides the whole experience.