OpenSSH Alternatives

OpenSSH is described as 'Free version of the SSH connectivity tools that technical users rely on. OpenSSH encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other attacks' and is a very popular SSH Client in the network & admin category. There are more than 50 alternatives to OpenSSH for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best OpenSSH alternative is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OpenSSH are KiTTY, ConnectBot, WindTerm and Xshell.

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  1. copssh icon
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    Provides SSH server and client on Windows, built on OpenSSH and Cygwin, supports secure remote administration, file transfer, tunneling, key and password authentication, role management, SFTP, scripting, and compatibility with modern Windows versions.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Shellngn icon
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    Shellngn is a cloud based SSH client with SFTP and Telnet support. Manage your servers anywhere you are, with a professional and feature-rich SSH and SFTP Client.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Shellngn is the most popular Web-based alternative to OpenSSH.

    • Shellngn is Freemium and ProprietaryOpenSSH is Free and Open Source
  3. Solar-PuTTY icon
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    Solar presents the omniscient PuTTY SSH and Telnet client with extended interface enriched by a simple graphical SFTP explorer, all coming packed in a single exe file, which can be used without admin rights.

    20 Solar-PuTTY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. PSSH icon
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    PSSH, Parallel SSH Tools, provides parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • OpenSSH
    • Python
     
  5. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. PAC Manager icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Get Console icon
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    Get Console is the first ipad and iphone serial port terminal application providing serial terminal connectivity without jailbreaking. The app store description advises it works on network devices, but offers a standard VT100 emulation.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  8. CompleteFTP icon
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    CompleteFTP is a powerful, easy-to-use Windows FTP/FTPS server with unlimited users and a flexible virtual file-system.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Highly customizable SSH server with several ways to authorize a user and options where and how to execute a user's session.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Kubernetes
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Comments about Engity's Bifröst as an Alternative to OpenSSH
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    Because in contrast to OpenSSH it does support OpenID Connect natively and also remote environments like Docker and Kubernetes.

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    • Engity's Bifröst is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to OpenSSH.

    • Engity's Bifröst is Free and Open SourceOpenSSH is also Free and Open Source
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    Software components for Data Protection, Secure Storage, and Secure Transfer. Trusted in high security, mission-critical applications for decades.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  11. SSH Pilot icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  12. MobaSSH icon
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    MobaSSH allows you to run commands and transfer files on a remote Windows PC from any operating system (GNU/Linux, Unix, HP-UX, AIX, Windows, etc.) through a fully secured and encrypted network connection.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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