PAC Manager Alternatives

PAC Manager has been discontinued. One of the most popular alternatives is PuTTY, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are WinSCP , OpenSSH, Termux and MobaXterm. There's no shortage of Terminal Emulators like PAC Manager, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone.

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  1. lterm icon
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    lterm is a vte-based terminal emulator for GNU/Linux systems. It is mainly used as ssh/telnet client but can be very easily configured to use any other protocol. Furthermore it can be a usual terminal on local host.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  2.  1 like

    SecPanel is a graphical UNIX helper tool to manage all of your SSH related tasks: maintaining connection profiles, generating and distributing keys, running the ssh-agent and much more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  3. RustConn icon
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    RustConn is a modern connection manager for Linux desktops built with GTK4. It provides a unified interface for managing SSH, RDP, VNC, SPICE, and Zero Trust remote connections with support for both embedded and external clients.

    51 RustConn alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
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  4.  2 likes

    Based on rxvt. Tabbed interface. Very lightweight. Few dependencies. Only drawback is poor unicode support (theres an SVN branch with working but slightly buggy support)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. Opaque icon
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    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
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  6. VVTerm icon
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    VVTerm is a native SSH client for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Connect to servers with passwords or SSH keys, browse remote files over SFTP, keep your hosts in sync with iCloud, and work comfortably across Apple devices with tmux, Mosh, and tunnel support.

    Cost / License

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Mac
    • HK flagHong Kong SAR China
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  7. Termio icon
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    Modern terminal and SSH manager with AI, workspaces, and full privacy.

    97 Termio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. Chuchu icon
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    Chuchu is a native Android SSH client powered by libghostty, a terminal-first Compose UI, and has support for both standard SSH and Tailscale SSH workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  9. xs icon
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    Simple alternative to ssh (<5% SLOCC) written from scratch in Go, with support for PQC KEMs (Post-Quantum Cryptography Key-Encapsulation Mechanisms).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • FreeBSD
    • Termux
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  10. Truck icon
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    Still using FTP? Truck hauls data 30x faster thanks to its modern rsync engine (included) which compresses, de-duplicates and encrypts – giving significantly higher performance and security, right from the first transfer.

    116 Truck alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. iLead icon
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    Native SSH client and encrypted vault for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Keep hosts, keys, notes, and tunnels on your machine without cloud inventory or telemetry. Use tabbed SSH, SFTP, port forwards, fleet commands, and an approval-based local MCP bridge.

    51 iLead alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  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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