MobaXterm AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Remote Desktop Tools

The best Remote Desktop alternative to MobaXterm is mRemoteNG, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to MobaXterm and 17 are Remote Desktop Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Remote Desktop Tool alternatives to MobaXterm are Remmina, RealVNC, Remote Desktop Manager and Royal TSX.

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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.

    100 mRemoteNG alternatives

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    • Windows
     
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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. Remmina icon
     227 likes

    Open source remote desktop client for Linux and BSD supporting RDP, VNC, SPICE, and more, aimed at sysadmins and travelers needing remote access with features like scrollable high-res desktops and organized connection management.

    155 Remmina alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    Remmina vs MobaXterm Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    2

    Remmina have a session manager built in like mobaxterm. I think that only Remmina and mRemoteNG are truly replacement for mobaxterm

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Remmina is Free and Open SourceMobaXterm is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. RealVNC icon
     147 likes

    Secure, cost-effective remote access and support for your computer, from your desktop or mobile device.

    128 RealVNC alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  4. IT teams often juggle a patchwork of RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) apps, SSH (Secure Shell) clients, and scattered password vaults. Remote Desktop Manager (RDM) turns that sprawl into one searchable inventory—complete with Windows, macOS, Linux, and mobile clients—so technicians...

    65 Remote Desktop Manager alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  5. Royal TSX icon
     41 likes

    Royal TS provides easy and secure access to your remote systems

    Unlock the power to remotely manage your systems on multiple platforms!

    Royal TS is the perfect tool for server admins, system engineers, developers and IT focused information workers who constantly need to access.

    150 Royal TSX alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    Royal TSX vs MobaXterm Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    6

    Most alternatives mentioned here have nothing to do with what MobaXterm provides as features. This is the ONLY real alternative for MobaXterm. And no, i have nothing to do with Royal TSX and i hate that it's not open source.

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

    Can't easily send commands to multiple terminals and allow user to choose which open terminals to send to like MobaXTerm, also UI isn't as good...it's the details that matter

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

    multiple connection support such as ssh vnc teamviewer rdp

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Royal TSX is Freemium and ProprietaryMobaXterm is also Freemium and Proprietary
  6. Xshell icon
     42 likes

    Xshell is a powerful SSH1, SSH2, SFTP, TELNET, RLOGIN and SERIAL terminal emulator for Windows platforms. It allows users to gain access to Unix/Linux hosts easily and securely on a Windows workstation.

    68 Xshell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. PAC Manager icon
     41 likes

    PAC is a Perl/GTK Gnome replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc... It provides a GUI to configure SSH/Telnet connections: users, passwords, EXPECT regular expressions, macros, etc.

    62 PAC Manager alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
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    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 4.5.5.7, released in November 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    PAC Manager vs MobaXterm Comments
    Kayvan Tehrani
    Positive
    0

    It is very similar to MobaXterm at least on Linux. It can save sessions with nice GUI.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • PAC Manager is Free and Open SourceMobaXterm is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. 1Remote icon
     5 likes

    1Remote (previously PRemoteM) is a modern personal remote session manager and launcher. It is a single place to manage all your remote sessions supporting a number of different protocols.

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    • Windows
     
  9. SSH Pilot icon
     2 likes

    Desktop SSH manager featuring a user-friendly graphical interface, integrated terminal, tabbed sessions, port forwarding, secure credential storage, SCP upload, keypair generation, privacy controls, customizable appearance options, and .ssh/config import support.

    58 SSH Pilot alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  10. dRemote icon
     4 likes

    dRemote is an easy and free tool to handle mutiple remote connections of different types. This tool comes in handy when you have to connect to differnt remote connections all the want to have to change all the settings manually.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Opaque icon
     1 like

    Opaque is a GPLv3 licensed secure, super fast oVirt, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV), and Proxmox VDI client that allows you to connect graphically to all your virtual machines running in the cloud from anywhere in the world.

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    • Android
     
  12. 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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