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 25 alternatives to CoolTerm for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, iPhone and BSD apps. The best CoolTerm alternative is Tera Term, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CoolTerm are RealTerm, Minicom, CuteCom and SerialTool.

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CoolTerm alternatives page was last updated May 22, 2023
  1. Tera Term icon
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    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.

    38 Tera Term alternatives
    Tera Term screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Serial-port
    5.  SSH
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    • Tera Term is the most popular Windows alternative to CoolTerm.

    • Tera Term is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CoolTerm.

    • Tera Term is Free and Open SourceCoolTerm is Free and Proprietary
    • Tera Term is LightweightCoolTerm is not according to our users
  2. RealTerm icon
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    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.

    17 RealTerm alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    RealTerm Features

    1.  Serial-port
    2.  Serial terminal
    3.  Debugging
    4.  Timestamps
    RealTerm iconCoolTerm Icon

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  3.  8 likes

    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)...

    17 Minicom alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Serial-port
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    • Minicom is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to CoolTerm.

    • Minicom is Free and Open SourceCoolTerm is Free and Proprietary
    • Minicom is LightweightCoolTerm is not according to our users
  4. CuteCom icon
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    CuteCom is a graphical serial terminal aimed mainly at hardware developers or other people who need a terminal to talk to their devices.

    18 CuteCom alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD

    CuteCom Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    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.

    CuteCom iconCoolTerm Icon

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  5. SerialTool icon
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    Serial Port Communication software ideal for COM communication. Multiplatform utility running on Windows, MacOS and Linux. It is completely free.

    13 SerialTool alternatives
    SerialTool screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    SerialTool Features

    1.  Serial terminal
    2.  Serial-port
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  6. YAT - Yet Another Terminal icon
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    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.

    22 YAT - Yet Another Terminal alternatives
    YAT - Yet Another Terminal screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Define your own "send strings"
    2.  Configurable inter-character delay
    3.  Timestamps
    YAT - Yet Another Terminal iconCoolTerm Icon

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  7.  3 likes

    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...

    15 dterm (terminal emulator) alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin

    dterm (terminal emulator) Features

    1.  Serial-port
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  8. HTerm icon
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    HTerm is a terminal emulator for serial communication.

    20 HTerm alternatives
    HTerm screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    HTerm Features

    1.  Portable
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  9.  3 likes

    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.

    16 GtkTerm alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    GtkTerm Features

    1.  Serial-port
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  10. Zterm icon
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    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...

    22 Zterm alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Zterm Features

    1.  Serial terminal
    2.  Driverless
    Zterm iconCoolTerm Icon

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  11.  1 like

    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.

    6 Terminal by Bra@y++ alternatives
    Terminal by Bra@y++ screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Terminal by Bra@y++ Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Serial-port
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    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.

    20 HyperTerminal alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • HyperTerminal is the most popular commercial alternative to CoolTerm.

    • HyperTerminal is Paid and ProprietaryCoolTerm is Free and Proprietary
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