Skip to content
EN

Software · Consoles, homebrew & emulation

ConEmu

Customizable Windows terminal with tabs, splits, quake-style, hotkeys and more.

  • Completely free
  • Windows
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

ConEmu is a console and retro computer emulator, available on Windows.

Features described in its Winget manifest: keyboard shortcuts.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Customizable Windows terminal with tabs, splits, quake-style, hotkeys and more” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “ConEmu-Maximus5 is a Windows console emulator with tabs, which represents multiple consoles as one customizable GUI window with various features.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

ConEmu is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (BSD-3-Clause) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 10 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

How listings are built →

Do you develop ConEmu?

Correct this listing with the report form, or cite it with this optional badge (it shows the verified free status and changes nothing in the ranking):

<a href="https://licitpro.fr/en/resource/conemu"><img src="https://licitpro.fr/badge/conemu.svg?l=en" alt="Listed on LicitPro" height="20"></a>

Developers and publishers →

In the same category

Bottles

Software · Open source

Run Windows software.

Completely freeLinux

RetroArch

Game · Open source

Frontend for emulators, game engines and media players.

Free, with trade-offsWinMacLinuxAndroidiOS

Dolphin Emulator

Game · Open source

Dolphin Emulator is a console and retro computer emulator, available on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android: mod support.

Completely freeWinMacLinuxAndroid

PPSSPP

Game · Open source

PPSSPP is a console and retro computer emulator, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

Completely freeWinMacLinuxAndroidiOS

melonDS

Game · Open source

Nintendo DS and DSi emulator.

Completely freeWinLinux

xemu

Game · Open source

Original Xbox Emulator.

Completely freeWinMacLinux