dterm (terminal emulator) AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like dterm (terminal emulator)

dterm (terminal emulator) is described as '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' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to dterm (terminal emulator) for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best dterm (terminal emulator) alternative is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like dterm (terminal emulator) are Tera Term, CoolTerm, ZOC and Minicom.

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  1. PuTTY icon

    PuTTY

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    Free and open-source terminal emulator for connecting to remote systems via SSH, Telnet, and SCP. Portable with no installation required, providing lightweight functionality. Ideal for secure connections with features like command line support and customizable settings. Works offline effortlessly.

    113 PuTTY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
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    • PuTTY is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to dterm (terminal emulator).

    • PuTTY is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to dterm (terminal emulator).

    • PuTTY is Free and Open Sourcedterm (terminal emulator) is also Free and Open Source
    • PuTTY is Lightweightdterm (terminal emulator) is not according to our users
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    Tera Term

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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.

    42 Tera Term alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. CoolTerm icon

    CoolTerm

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    CoolTerm is a 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.

    25 CoolTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • CoolTerm is the most popular Mac alternative to dterm (terminal emulator).

    • CoolTerm is Free and Proprietarydterm (terminal emulator) is Free and Open Source
  5. ZOC icon

    ZOC

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    ZOC is a powerful and well-established terminal emulator and telnet client, well known for its outstanding user interface with tabbed multi session support.

    70 ZOC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • ZOC is the most popular commercial alternative to dterm (terminal emulator).

    • ZOC is Paid and Proprietarydterm (terminal emulator) is Free and Open Source
    • ZOC is Lightweightdterm (terminal emulator) is not according to our users

  6. Minicom

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    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)...

    18 Minicom alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  7. YAT - Yet Another Terminal icon

    YAT - Yet Another Terminal

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. CuteCom icon

    CuteCom

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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.

    19 CuteCom alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
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  10. GtkTerm

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    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.

    17 GtkTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. SerialTool icon

    SerialTool

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

    14 SerialTool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. picocom

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    picocom is a minimal dumb-terminal emulation program. It is ideal for embedded systems since its memory footprint is minimal (less than 20K, when stripped). Apart from being a handy little tool, the source distribution includes a simple, easy to use, and thoroughly documented...

    8 picocom alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  13. Poderosa icon

    Poderosa

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    Poderosa is a tabbed terminal emulator for Windows.

    Against common terminal emulators such as Putty or TeraTerm, Poderosa has following features.

    Tabbed style GUI It is convenient to open multiple connections at the same time. Moreover, you can split the window into panes a.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Poderosa supports command-popup feature. This is convenient when you confirm the result of command for a while without scrolling up the buffer.To show the popup menu, press Ctrl+Comma in the shell.
     
  14. Zterm icon

    Zterm

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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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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