MobaXterm Alternatives

Apps similar to MobaXterm include Ghostty, which is free and open source. Other options are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and Remmina. You're spoiled for choice with Terminal Emulators like MobaXterm: we list more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone.

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    XLiveCD allows users of Microsoft Windows to connect to remote Unix computers, run graphical applications and have the graphics displayed on their desktops.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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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.

    53 YAET alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • npm
    • Node.JS
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
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  3. Cash icon
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    Cash is a cross-platform implementation of Unix shell commands written in pure ES6.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. iLead icon
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    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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  5. Reach SSH icon
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    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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  6. Portside icon
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    Portside is a session manager and terminal for operators who run fleets of Linux servers — plus their containers, Kubernetes pods, serial consoles, and legacy telnet endpoints — from a Mac. Connect over OpenSSH or mosh, plug into a switch with a native serial bridge, and keep...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. 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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  8. Secure credential manager for SSH, RDP, VNC, Telnet, Serial, FTP, and SFTP providing tabbed sessions, side-by-side SFTP, split view, ProxyJump, port forwarding, broadcast keystrokes, import tools, offline local or cloud storage, and role-based access.

    52 BURSU Connection Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  9. Zync icon
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    Open-source SSH client for developers & DevOps with SFTP, tunneling, and a modern terminal. Built with Rust & Tauri.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Oxide Terminal is a native macOS and Linux terminal emulator, written entirely in Rust. GPU-rendered on GPUI, with a file-tree drawer you drive like vim and a status bar that knows where your shell is.

    51 Oxide Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
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  11. Noden icon
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    Noden is a native macOS client for SSH, SFTP and RDP. It brings a multi-session terminal, a dual-pane SFTP file manager and a Windows remote desktop into one window, and lets you tile them in a grid — two Linux shells, a file manager and a Windows desktop open at once.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. CtrlOps icon
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    CtrlOps is a local-first desktop app for managing all your Linux servers from one screen with AI. 100% local. No DevOps expertise needed. This is Local first alternative of Termius.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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