MobaXterm Alternatives

MobaXterm is described as 'Enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super easy to use, lightweight and portable' and is a very popular terminal emulator in the network & admin category. There are more than 100 alternatives to MobaXterm for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best MobaXterm alternative is mRemoteNG, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MobaXterm are Tabby, Ghostty, Termux and Remmina.

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MobaXterm alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators, but if you're looking for SSH Clients or Shells you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux + Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to MobaXterm.
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MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super...

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MobaXterm alternatives page was last updated Mar 3, 2024
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  1. SmarTTY icon
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    SmarTTY is a neat multi-tabbed SSH client with built-in SSH support. It makes it extremely easy to connect to your SSH servers and exchange files. It allows storing your private keys securely in Windows key containers and can set up the remote host for remote key authentication...

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • EE flagEstonia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SmarTTY Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  SSH
    4.  Multi-tabs
    5.  Secure Copy (SCP)
    6.  X server

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    OpenSSH for Windows is a minimal installation of the Cygwin port of OpenSSH and related utilities to provide SSH and SCP services on the Windows platform.

    22 OpenSSH for Windows alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 5.3 rev2, released in February 2010 can be still downloaded from SourceForge

    OpenSSH for Windows Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Secure Copy (SCP)

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  3. terminalpp icon
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    terminalpp (terminal++) is a minimalist but powerful terminal emulator which provides the same features and user experience on both Windows and Linux.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

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  4. X-Win32 icon
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    X-Win32 is the most advanced PC X server on the market. With an average of 30 million uses per month globally,X-Win32 is also one of the most widely used X emulators.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    X-Win32 Features

    1.  X server
    2.  SSH

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    Token2Shell is a Windows 10 UWP SSH client with X11 forwarding and Docker integration.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • KR flagSouth Korea

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone

    Token2Shell Features

    1.  SSH

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  6. MacTerm icon
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    MacTerm (was MacTelnet) on OS X is now a complete replacement for Terminal, allowing access to both local and remote applications.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    MacTerm Features

    1.  SSH

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  7. mRemoteNC icon
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    mRemoteNC is the next stage of mRemote development. mRemote is a full-featured, multi-tab remote connections manager.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Looking at the project page, on github, it hasn't been updated since 2016.

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  8. tilda icon
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    Tilda is a Linux terminal taking after the likeness of many classic terminals from first person shooter games, Quake, Doom and Half-Life to name a few, where the terminal has no border and is hidden from the desktop till a key or keys is hit.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Discontinued

    The last version (0.9.6) was released in April 2008.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Dropdown terminal

    tilda VS MobaXterm

     
  9. PuTTY Tray icon
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    PuTTY Tray is an improved version of PuTTY. It features a number of addons to make it more useful and much more fun to use.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PuTTY Tray Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  SSH
    3.  Transparency

    PuTTY Tray VS MobaXterm

     
  10. Xming icon
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    Xming is a X Window System Server for Microsoft Windows®. It is fully featured, lean, fast, simple to install and because it is standalone native Windows, easily made portable (not needing a machine-specific installation or access to the Windows registry).

    9 Xming alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Xming Features

    1.  X server
    2.  SSH

    Xming VS MobaXterm

     
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