Onion Terminal AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like Onion Terminal

Onion Terminal is described as 'Oterm is a web browser unix terminal. It serves a console so you can access your server from anywhere in the world where you have an Internet connection. It effectively is an xterm in a browser. It emulates xterm commands, which are very similar to vt100 commands' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are six alternatives to Onion Terminal for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Onion Terminal alternative is Wetty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Onion Terminal are SerialTerminal.com, Shell In A Box, TinyShell and Bastillion.

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oterm is a web browser unix terminal. It serves a console so you can access your server from anywhere in the world where you have an Internet connection. It effectively is an xterm in a browser. It emulates xterm commands,...

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Onion Terminal alternatives page was last updated May 20, 2021
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    wetty - Terminal in browser over http/https. (Ajaxterm/Anyterm alternative, but much better)

    5 Wetty alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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    • Wetty is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Onion Terminal.

    • Wetty is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Onion Terminal.

    • Wetty is Free and Open SourceOnion Terminal is also Free and Open Source
  2. SerialTerminal.com icon
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    A no install serial terminal that runs in the web browser compatible with google Chrome and Microsoft edge browsers. Works on windows, linux, and Chromebooks. Uses webserial API to connect to local serial devices from within the web browser.

    3 SerialTerminal.com alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted

    SerialTerminal.com Features

    1.  Serial terminal
    2.  Serial-port
    3.  Arduino
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    • SerialTerminal.com is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Onion Terminal.

    • SerialTerminal.com is Free and Open SourceOnion Terminal is also Free and Open Source
  3. Shell In A Box icon
     5 likes

    Shell In A Box is a web based AJAX terminal emulator that can export arbitrary command line tools to a web based terminal emulator. This emulator is accessible to any JavaScript and CSS enabled web browser and does not require any additional browser plugins.

    6 Shell In A Box alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Shell In A Box Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Web-Based
    Discontinued

    The last version was released on April 21, 2012.

    Shell In A Box icon

    Shell In A Box VS Onion Terminal

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    TinyShell is ideal for anyone who wants command line access to their server, but is limited by HTTP access. Furthermore TinyShell comes with a native MySQL command line client, that some say is even better than MySQL’s own command line interface.

    39 TinyShell alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TinyShell Features

    1.  Command line interface
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 3.1 RC, released in March 2011, can be still downloaded from SourceForge

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  5. Bastillion icon
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    Bastillion is an open-source web-based SSH console that centrally manages administrative access to systems. It acts as a bastion host for administrators with features that promote infrastructure security.

    13 Bastillion alternatives
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    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Bastillion Features

    1.  Browser-based
    2.  SSH
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    SSHy is a fast and responsive SSHv2 web client with end-to-end encryption supplied by SJCL. SSHy implements a minimal subset of the SSHv2 protocol that provides and controls a pseudo-terminal. The terminal front-end interface is provided by xterm.js.

    6 SSHy alternatives
    SSHy screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    SSHy Features

    1.  Browser-based
    2.  SSH
    SSHy icon

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