MacTerm Alternatives

MacTerm is described as '(was MacTelnet) on OS X is now a complete replacement for Terminal, allowing access to both local and remote applications' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to MacTerm for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and iPhone apps. The best MacTerm alternative is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MacTerm are Ghostty, Tabby, OpenSSH and Termux.

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    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
     
  2. Truck icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Another Term icon
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    SSH / Telnet / UART dongles (USB and Bluetooth) / own PTY client for Android.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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    AbsoluteTelnet / SSH is a secure flexible terminal client with rock-solid emulations that is suitable for developers, administrators, or deployment across the enterprise. It includes the industry standard SSH protocols to secure terminal session data across insecure environments...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. xCute icon
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    Sending commands to a server can be as simple as sending a text message to a friend.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. lterm icon
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    lterm is a vte-based terminal emulator for GNU/Linux systems. It is mainly used as ssh/telnet client but can be very easily configured to use any other protocol. Furthermore it can be a usual terminal on local host.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. QuTTY icon
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    QuTTY is a multi-tabbed, multi-paned SSH/Telnet client with a terminal emulator. The goal is to support advanced features similar to iterm2. Following features are supported.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. PenguiNet icon
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    You've discovered PenguiNet, the simple all-in-one SSH client for Windows! PenguiNet includes an SCP browser, so that you can easily transfer files with just a few mouse clicks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. csshX icon
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    csshX is a tool to allow simultaneous control of multiple SSH sessions. It will attempt to create an SSH session to each remote host in separate Terminal.app windows. A master window will also be created. All keyboard input in the master will be sent to all the slave windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Rapid SSH is the powerful and complete IP terminal emulator for iPad and iPhone - supports SSHv1, v2, SSH Agent, Telnet, Raw, fully scriptable, Dropbox.com, multi-session and much more!

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. xs icon
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    Simple alternative to ssh (<5% SLOCC) written from scratch in Go, with support for PQC KEMs (Post-Quantum Cryptography Key-Encapsulation Mechanisms).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • FreeBSD
    • Termux
     
  12. Get Console icon
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    Get Console is the first ipad and iphone serial port terminal application providing serial terminal connectivity without jailbreaking. The app store description advises it works on network devices, but offers a standard VT100 emulation.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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