Minicom Alternatives for Windows

Minicom is not available for Windows but there are some alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is CoolTerm, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Minicom and eight of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Minicom are Tera Term, SerialTool, YAT - Yet Another Terminal and ZOC.

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Minicom alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators but may also be SSH Clients or Shells.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of 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...

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Minicom alternatives page was last updated May 22, 2023
  1. CoolTerm icon
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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
    For Mac

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    CoolTerm Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Serial-port
    3.  ASCII to Hex
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    Comments about CoolTerm as an Alternative to Minicom
     
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    Worked on latest Mac Version. Minicom did not run on Monterey 12.3. Donation ware is very kind.

    Positive commentApr 1, 2022
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    • Most users think CoolTerm is a great Minicom alternative.

    • CoolTerm is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Minicom.

    • CoolTerm is the most popular free alternative to Minicom.

    • CoolTerm is Free and ProprietaryMinicom is Free and Open Source
  2. Tera Term icon
     16 likes

    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 Open Source alternative to Minicom.

    • Tera Term is Free and Open SourceMinicom is also Free and Open Source
    • Tera Term is LightweightMinicom is not according to our users
  3. SerialTool icon
     2 likes

    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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  4. YAT - Yet Another Terminal icon
     7 likes

    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
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  5. ZOC icon
     69 likes

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

    66 ZOC alternatives
    ZOC screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    ZOC Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Tabbed interface
    3.  Telnet client
    4.  SSH
    5.  BBS Support
    6.  Binary trace files
    7.  Incoming data as hex dump
    8.  Support for Hotkeys
    9.  Auto Highlighting
    10.  Stream Capture
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  6. Poderosa icon
     10 likes

    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.

    35 Poderosa alternatives
    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.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Poderosa Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Support for IPv6
    3.  Secure Copy (SCP)
    4.  Support for SFTP
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  7. TTYEmulator icon
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    TTYEmulator is a free terminal emulator application which can act as a client for the SSH, Telnet, rlogin, raw TCP and serial computing protocols. TTYEmulator is written for Microsoft Windows.

    45 TTYEmulator alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TTYEmulator Features

    1.  Telnet client
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  8.  1 like

    Simple and handy serial communication tool written with python and qt.

    15 pqcom alternatives
    pqcom on Ububntu

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    pqcom Features

    1.  Serial-port

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