picocom AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like picocom

picocom is described as 'Minimal dumb-terminal emulation program. It is ideal for embedded systems since its memory footprint is minimal (less than 20K, when stripped). Apart from being a handy little tool, the source distribution includes a simple, easy to use, and thoroughly documented' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are eight alternatives to picocom for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Cygwin apps. The best picocom alternative is YAT - Yet Another Terminal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like picocom are Minicom, dterm (terminal emulator), CuteCom and GtkTerm.

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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator

picocom is a minimal dumb-terminal emulation program. It is ideal for embedded systems since its memory footprint is...

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YAT - Yet Another Terminal
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Windows
21 YAT - Yet Another Terminal alternatives
Engineering, testing and debugging of serial communication. Supports RS-232/422/423/485 as well as TCP/IP Client/Server/AutoSocket, UDP/IP Client/Server/PairSocket and USB Ser/HID. Optimized for simple command sets of e.g. embedded systems.
- - YAT - Yet Another Terminal is the most popular Windows alternative to picocom.
- - YAT - Yet Another Terminal is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to picocom.
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1. LightweightYAT - Yet Another Terminal consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Define your own "send strings"
Configurable inter-character delay
Timestamps
Minicom
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Mac
Linux
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Minicom is a text-based modem control and terminal emulator program for Unix-like operating systems, originally written by Miquel van Smoorenburg, and modeled after the popular MS-DOS program Telix. Minicom includes a dialing directory, ANSI and VT100 emulation, an (external)...
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Minicom Features
1. LightweightMinicom consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. PortableMinicom can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Command line interfaceMinicom either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Serial-port
dterm (terminal emulator)
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Mac
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Cygwin
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dterm is a simple terminal emulator, which doesn’t actually emulate any particular terminal. Mainly, it is designed for use with xterm and friends, which already do a perfectly good emulation, and therefore don’t need any special help; dterm simply provides a means by which...
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Serial-port
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CuteCom
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Mac
Linux
FreeBSD
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CuteCom is a graphical serial terminal aimed mainly at hardware developers or other people who need a terminal to talk to their devices.
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CuteCom Features
1. PortableCuteCom can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Configurable
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.22.0, released in June 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website. It does not support terminal type emulation.
GtkTerm
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Linux
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Gtkterm is a simple GTK+ terminal used to communicate with a serial port. It is has fewer features than minicom, but is designed to be as easy to use as possible.
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Serial-port
Zterm
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Free • Proprietary
Terminal Emulator
Mac
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ZTerm is a terminal emulation program for the Macintosh. In its day, many people used it to connect to Bulletin Board Systems and download files. Now we have the internet. Its still a useful utility for those systems that only offer dialup connections and for connecting to...
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Serial terminal
Driverless
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NoTer
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
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The idea is to create a simple and good looking terminal for being able to transmit to and from electronic boards and hardware. It can be configured to show data in hex or string format. It allows manual configuration of the port to use.
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pqcom
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Simple and handy serial communication tool written with python and qt.
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Serial-port