Free OpenSSH Alternatives
OpenSSH is described as 'free version of the SSH connectivity tools that technical users rely on'. There are more than 50 alternatives to OpenSSH for various platforms. The best alternative is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OpenSSH are KiTTY (Free, Open Source), Windows Terminal (Free, Open Source), ConnectBot (Free, Open Source) and Mosh (Free, Open Source).
- PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. View 100 alternatives to PuTTY
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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- ReactOS
Harty1978 A good way to do it on Windows until OpenSSH for Windows catches up - KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software. View 75 alternatives to KiTTY
- Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. View 46 alternatives to Windows Terminal
- ConnectBot is a Secure Shell client for the Android platform. View 32 alternatives to ConnectBot
- Mosh (mobile shell), the mobile SSH replacement. View 7 alternatives to Mosh
- The all in one terminal client for Android including SSH, Local Shell, Mosh and Telnet support. View 91 alternatives to JuiceSSH
- Free
- Android
- Android Tablet
- mosh
- OpenSSH
- Dropbear SSH Server and Client
- Graphical SFTP client and terminal emulator with helpful utilities. View 15 alternatives to Snowflake (SSH / SFTP client)
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Royal TS provides easy and secure access to your remote systems Unlock the power to remotely manage your systems on multiple platforms! View 114 alternatives to Royal TSX
- Freemium
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Xshell is a powerful terminal emulator that supports SSH, SFTP, TELNET, RLOGIN and SERIAL. View 39 alternatives to Xshell
- 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. View 44 alternatives to PAC Manager
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.
- Free • Open Source
- Linux