CoolTerm AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like CoolTerm

CoolTerm is described as 'Simple serial port terminal application (no terminal emulation) that is geared towards hobbyists and professionals with a need to exchange data with hardware connected to serial ports such as servo controllers, robotic kits, GPS receivers, microcontrollers, etc' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to CoolTerm for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, iPhone and BSD apps. The best CoolTerm alternative is Minicom, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CoolTerm are RealTerm, YAT - Yet Another Terminal, Tera Term and SerialTool.

CoolTerm alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators but may also be SSH Clients. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of CoolTerm.

CoolTerm

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CoolTerm is a simple serial port terminal application (no terminal emulation) that is geared towards hobbyists and...

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Minicom
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Mac
Linux
17 Minicom alternatives
Minicom is a text-based modem control and terminal emulator program for Unix-like operating systems, originally written by Miquel van Smoorenburg, and modeled after the popular MS-DOS program Telix. Minicom includes a dialing directory, ANSI and VT100 emulation, an (external)...
- - Minicom is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to CoolTerm.
- - Minicom is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CoolTerm.
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1. LightweightMinicom consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. PortableMinicom can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Command line interfaceMinicom either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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RealTerm
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Windows
16 RealTerm alternatives
RealTerm is a terminal program specially designed for capturing, controlling and debugging binary and other difficult data streams. It is far better for debugging comms than HyperTerminal. It has no support for dialing modems, BBS, etc. - that is what HyperTerminal does.
- - RealTerm is the most popular Windows alternative to CoolTerm.
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RealTerm Features
Serial-port
Serial terminal
Debugging
Timestamps
YAT - Yet Another Terminal
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Windows
21 YAT - Yet Another Terminal alternatives
Engineering, testing and debugging of serial communication. Supports RS-232/422/423/485 as well as TCP/IP Client/Server/AutoSocket, UDP/IP Client/Server/PairSocket and USB Ser/HID. Optimized for simple command sets of e.g. embedded systems.
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YAT - Yet Another Terminal Features
1. LightweightYAT - Yet Another Terminal consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Define your own "send strings"
Configurable inter-character delay
Timestamps
Tera Term
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
SSH Client
Windows
36 Tera Term alternatives
Tera Term (Pro) is a free software terminal emulator (communication program) for MS-Windows. It supports VT100 emulation, telnet connection, serial port connection, and so on.
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Tera Term Features
1. LightweightTera Term consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
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SerialTool
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Linux
12 SerialTool alternatives
Serial Port Communication software ideal for COM communication. Multiplatform utility running on Windows, MacOS and Linux. It is completely free
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SerialTool Features
Serial terminal
Serial-port
dterm (terminal emulator)
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Mac
Linux
BSD
Cygwin
15 dterm (terminal emulator) alternatives
dterm is a simple terminal emulator, which doesn’t actually emulate any particular terminal. Mainly, it is designed for use with xterm and friends, which already do a perfectly good emulation, and therefore don’t need any special help; dterm simply provides a means by which...
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dterm (terminal emulator) Features
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HTerm
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Free • Proprietary
Terminal Emulator
Windows
Linux
20 HTerm alternatives
HTerm is a terminal emulator for serial communication.
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HTerm Features
1. PortableHTerm can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
CuteCom
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Mac
Linux
FreeBSD
18 CuteCom alternatives
CuteCom is a graphical serial terminal aimed mainly at hardware developers or other people who need a terminal to talk to their devices.
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CuteCom Features
1. PortableCuteCom can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Configurable
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.22.0, released in June 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website. It does not support terminal type emulation.
GtkTerm
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Linux
16 GtkTerm alternatives
Gtkterm is a simple GTK+ terminal used to communicate with a serial port. It is has fewer features than minicom, but is designed to be as easy to use as possible.
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GtkTerm Features
Serial-port
Zterm
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Free • Proprietary
Terminal Emulator
Mac
21 Zterm alternatives
ZTerm is a terminal emulation program for the Macintosh. In its day, many people used it to connect to Bulletin Board Systems and download files. Now we have the internet. Its still a useful utility for those systems that only offer dialup connections and for connecting to...
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Serial terminal
Driverless
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Terminal by Bra@y++
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Free • Proprietary
Terminal Emulator
Windows
6 Terminal by Bra@y++ alternatives
Terminal is a simple serial port (COM) terminal emulation program. It can be used for communication with different devices such as modems, routers, embedded uC systems, GSM phones,... It is very useful debugging tool for serial communication applications.
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Terminal by Bra@y++ Features
1. PortableTerminal by Bra@y++ can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Serial-port
HyperTerminal
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Paid • Proprietary
Terminal Emulator
Windows
19 HyperTerminal alternatives
HyperTerminal is a terminal emulator capable of connecting to systems through TCP/IP Networks, Dial-Up Modems, and COM ports. Until Windows XP, it is included with the operating system, but, starting from Windows Vista, it has to be bought separately.
- - HyperTerminal is the most popular commercial alternative to CoolTerm.
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