Open Source MobaXterm Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to MobaXterm for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Windows alternative is mRemoteNG. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to MobaXterm and many of them are open source and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows alternatives to MobaXterm are Tabby, Windows Terminal, ConEmu and KiTTY.

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  1. mRemoteNG icon
     228 likes

    Manage remote connections efficiently with this open-source tool, featuring a tabbed interface supporting RDP, VNC, SSH, Telnet, HTTP, and more protocols, without any ads.

    89 mRemoteNG alternatives

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    mRemoteNG vs MobaXterm Comments
    adri66
    2

    The UI was not user-friendly, so MobaXterm contain à lot of more features. But MobaXterm is closed instead of mRemoteNG who is open source !

    Guest
    Positive
    8

    mRemoteNG is the only one on this list that is actually an alternative to MobaXterm in terms of functionality offered and core features.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Most of the functionality like MobaXterm. But Open Source.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 4 comments
    • mRemoteNG is Free and Open SourceMobaXterm is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Tabby icon
     126 likes

    Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.

    113 Tabby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Tabby vs MobaXterm Comments
    gaobill
    Positive
    0

    support X server forwarding and keyword highlight

    • Tabby is Free and Open SourceMobaXterm is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Tabby is LightweightMobaXterm is not according to our users
  3. Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...

    108 Windows Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
     
  4. ConEmu icon
     386 likes

    Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.

    65 ConEmu alternatives

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    • Windows
     
  5. KiTTY icon
     190 likes

    KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.

    104 KiTTY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
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    KiTTY vs MobaXterm Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Verry good SSH client. Integrates with WinSCP and pscp. Is the same as PuTTY but with extra's. The i.e. integrated launcher functionality. Session information in files and not in the registry. With dirmode on.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • KiTTY is Free and Open SourceMobaXterm is Freemium and Proprietary
    • KiTTY is LightweightMobaXterm is not according to our users
  6. Cmder icon
     242 likes

    Cmder is an open-source replacement for the Windows command-line. It relies on ConEmu , extending it with the power of clink and some great looking defaults including a Monokai color scheme and custom prompt...

    41 Cmder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • clink
    • ConEmu
    • Windows Command Prompt
    • PowerShell
     
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    Cmder vs MobaXterm Comments
    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    18

    They do entirely different things.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    3

    this is a simple shell emulator not a ssh client

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    3

    Completely different functionality.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 7 comments
    • Cmder is Free and Open SourceMobaXterm is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Cmder is LightweightMobaXterm is not according to our users
  7. Alacritty icon
     70 likes

    Alacritty is a blazing fast, GPU accelerated terminal emulator. It’s written in Rust and uses OpenGL for rendering to be the fastest terminal emulator available. Alacritty is available on GitHub in source form.

    90 Alacritty alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. Tess icon
     16 likes

    Tess is a terminal emulator. It lets you have a full access to your computer, use command line based programs and many more.

    66 Tess alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Hyper icon
     83 likes

    Hyper™ is a beautiful and extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards. It provides an elegant command-line experience that is consistent across all supported platforms which includes macOS, Windows and various Linux distributions like Fedora and Debian.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
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    Hyper vs MobaXterm Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Missing all of the GUI elements of MobaXTerm (X Forwarding, RDP, etc.)

    Guest
    Negative
    1

    Hyper is just a terminal. No file manager, port forwarding or session management (X11, VNC, etc..)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Hyper is Free and Open SourceMobaXterm is Freemium and Proprietary
  10. WindTerm icon
     21 likes

    A professional SSH/Telnet/Serial/Shell/Sftp client for DevOps.

    70 WindTerm alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
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    WindTerm vs MobaXterm Comments
    gaobill
    Positive
    0

    Nice auto-colored text and support X server forwarding.

    • WindTerm is Free and Open SourceMobaXterm is Freemium and Proprietary
    • WindTerm is LightweightMobaXterm is not according to our users
  11. WezTerm icon
     21 likes

    A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

    106 WezTerm alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    WezTerm vs MobaXterm Comments
    MrLogan9237
    Negative
    1

    WezTerm is great, but is not an alternative to MobaXterm.

    • WezTerm is Free and Open SourceMobaXterm is Freemium and Proprietary
    • WezTerm is LightweightMobaXterm is not according to our users
  12. Wave Terminal icon
     17 likes

    Wave is an open-source, AI-native terminal built for seamless developer workflows with inline rendering, a modern UI, and persistent sessions.

    72 Wave Terminal alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Windows
     
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    Wave Terminal vs MobaXterm Comments
    MrLogan9237
    Negative
    0

    Terminal Emulator - not like MobaXterm

    • Wave Terminal is Free and Open SourceMobaXterm is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Wave Terminal is Privacy focused and LightweightMobaXterm is not according to our users
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