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 CuteCom, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like picocom are YAT - Yet Another Terminal, Minicom, dterm (terminal emulator) and GtkTerm.

picocom
  2
  • ...

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

More about picocom
picocom alternatives page was last updated Jun 3, 2021
  1. CuteCom icon
     8 likes

    CuteCom is a graphical serial terminal aimed mainly at hardware developers or other people who need a terminal to talk to their devices.

    18 CuteCom alternatives
    CuteCom screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD

    CuteCom Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    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.

    CuteCom icon

    CuteCom VS picocom

    Is CuteCom a good alternative to picocom?
     
    • CuteCom is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to picocom.

    • CuteCom is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to picocom.

    • CuteCom is Free and Open Sourcepicocom is also Free and Open Source
  2. YAT - Yet Another Terminal icon
     7 likes

    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.

    22 YAT - Yet Another Terminal alternatives
    YAT - Yet Another Terminal screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Define your own "send strings"
    2.  Configurable inter-character delay
    3.  Timestamps
    YAT - Yet Another Terminal icon

    YAT - Yet Another Terminal VS picocom

    Is this a good alternative to picocom?
     
    • YAT - Yet Another Terminal is the most popular Windows alternative to picocom.

    • YAT - Yet Another Terminal is Free and Open Sourcepicocom is also Free and Open Source
    • YAT - Yet Another Terminal is Lightweightpicocom is not according to our users
  3.  8 likes

    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)...

    17 Minicom alternatives
    Minicom screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Serial-port

    Minicom VS picocom

    Is Minicom a good alternative to picocom?
     
  4.  3 likes

    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...

    15 dterm (terminal emulator) alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin

    dterm (terminal emulator) Features

    1.  Serial-port

    dterm (terminal emulator) VS picocom

    Is this a good alternative to picocom?
     
  5.  3 likes

    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.

    16 GtkTerm alternatives
    GtkTerm screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    GtkTerm Features

    1.  Serial-port

    GtkTerm VS picocom

    Is GtkTerm a good alternative to picocom?
     
  6. Zterm icon
     4 likes

    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...

    22 Zterm alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Zterm Features

    1.  Serial terminal
    2.  Driverless
    Zterm icon

    Zterm VS picocom

    Is Zterm a good alternative to picocom?
     
  7. NoTer icon
     2 likes

    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.

    11 NoTer alternatives
    NoTer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    NoTer Features

    1.  Serial-port
    NoTer icon

    NoTer VS picocom

    Is NoTer a good alternative to picocom?
     
  8.  1 like

    Simple and handy serial communication tool written with python and qt.

    15 pqcom alternatives
    pqcom on Ububntu

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    pqcom Features

    1.  Serial-port

    pqcom VS picocom

    Is pqcom a good alternative to picocom?
     
8 of 8 picocom alternatives