KiTTY Alternatives

KiTTY has been discontinued. Similar apps include PuTTY, which is free and open source. Other options are Ghostty, Tabby, OpenSSH and Termux. Terminal Emulators like KiTTY are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone.

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  1. PieTTY icon
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    PieTTY is a free SSH client based on PuTTY and dedicated to multilingual (especially CJK) environments, accessibility, and simpler user interface. "Glass Window Mode" : Alpha-blending / HW-accelerated transparency & drop-shadow.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    YAET is a terminal emulator built on Xterm.js and Electron. It can interpret escape sequences that allow shell scripts and other programs to write HTML content directly to the terminal, or display content from the web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • npm
    • Node.JS
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
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  3. Voltius icon
     2 likes

    A local-first & Open-source SSH/SFTP/Serial client with E2EE sync, plugins, and no account required — a modern alternative to Termius.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4.  2 likes

    Based on rxvt. Tabbed interface. Very lightweight. Few dependencies. Only drawback is poor unicode support (theres an SVN branch with working but slightly buggy support)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. May 28, 2015 New version https://sourceforge.net/p/doffensshtunnel

    We needed a way to easily organize our complex network of servers and connect to them with one click. Hard to satisfy server admins use it every day and they love it.

    If you have to open more than one putty sess.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. RXVT icon
     6 likes

    RXVT –our extended virtual terminal– is a terminal emulator for X11. It is a popular replacement for the standard ‘xterm’.

    93 RXVT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Truck icon
     1 like

    Still using FTP? Truck hauls data 30x faster thanks to its modern rsync engine (included) which compresses, de-duplicates and encrypts – giving significantly higher performance and security, right from the first transfer.

    116 Truck alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. iLead icon
     5 likes

    Native SSH client and encrypted vault for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Keep hosts, keys, notes, and tunnels on your machine without cloud inventory or telemetry. Use tabbed SSH, SFTP, port forwards, fleet commands, and an approval-based local MCP bridge.

    51 iLead alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Ghostly Bridge is a lightweight Windows tray app to manage servers and expose local apps instantly. Access UpCloud, DigitalOcean, and your own machines from one place.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Ratty icon
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    A GPU-rendered terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics. Inspired by TempleOS. Built with Rust & Ratatui.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Rust
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  12. Reach SSH icon
     1 like

    A free, open-source SSH client with SFTP, remote desktop, port tunneling and built-in database tools, for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

    51 Reach SSH alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
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